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A DB2 DBA responds: Are Proprietary Databases Doomed?

10-Nov-08

Allan Parker of Sun has written a fascinating post on the rising challenge that open source database products (such as MySQL) pose to proprietary products such as Oracle and DB2. I respond from the perspective of a DB2 DBA.

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Proceeding Cautiously with DB2 Event Monitors

22-Oct-08

Managing risk when using the DB2 Event Monitor. The event monitor can be tuned for reduced performance impact upon your database. You have a wide variety of options, which we detail in this post.

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