Migrate from DataStage Server 7.1 to 7.5 or wait for 8?
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 2:39 pm
Hello Everyone,
I am trying to find information to build a business case to migrate DataStage Server from version 7.1 to version 7.5.
We are not directly supported by Ascential (IBM now) as the software is provided through an agreement with PeopleSoft (formerly JDEdwards, now Oracle
).
What I have so far:
1) In version 7.5, IBM offers improved fault tolerance and high-availability, 24x7 operation through the SOA Editions' clustering support for Oracle, DB2, and SQLServer, reducing project risk by eliminating a single point of failure.
This does not seem to be a plus for us since we have a SAN
2) Additional certifications for Oracle10g is available with release 7.5
I thought 10g was supported through the 9i OCI available in 7.1 is this not true?
3) enhanced reporting across the suite
What does this mean?
4) a new job sequencer
I heard that the sequencer in 7.5 can do loops and its functionality was greatly improved... any specifics?
5) real-time job validation
Again was does this mean?
6) performance visualization and monitoring interfaces
How is this different from what is available in version 7.1?
Obviously Ascential (IBM) will want everyone on the same version as most of the issues (features
) have been resolved in later releases... However, in every new software release there are new *challenges*...
So the bottom line straight to the point question is...
is version 7.5 more stable than 7.1 and are the improvements worth the effort to migrate ... or should we wait for release 8.1 ? (never the be the first
)
I am trying to find information to build a business case to migrate DataStage Server from version 7.1 to version 7.5.
We are not directly supported by Ascential (IBM now) as the software is provided through an agreement with PeopleSoft (formerly JDEdwards, now Oracle
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What I have so far:
1) In version 7.5, IBM offers improved fault tolerance and high-availability, 24x7 operation through the SOA Editions' clustering support for Oracle, DB2, and SQLServer, reducing project risk by eliminating a single point of failure.
This does not seem to be a plus for us since we have a SAN
2) Additional certifications for Oracle10g is available with release 7.5
I thought 10g was supported through the 9i OCI available in 7.1 is this not true?
3) enhanced reporting across the suite
What does this mean?
4) a new job sequencer
I heard that the sequencer in 7.5 can do loops and its functionality was greatly improved... any specifics?
5) real-time job validation
Again was does this mean?
6) performance visualization and monitoring interfaces
How is this different from what is available in version 7.1?
Obviously Ascential (IBM) will want everyone on the same version as most of the issues (features
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So the bottom line straight to the point question is...
is version 7.5 more stable than 7.1 and are the improvements worth the effort to migrate ... or should we wait for release 8.1 ? (never the be the first
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