Datastage version 8

Bilwakunj · Post by **Bilwakunj** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:23 am

Hello,
On the ascential site, when I was going through the future release, I came across Datastage version 8 information. I'm wondering is it PX version or Server ? If Server, I was under the impression that they are going to take out server from the market eventually. Then why the new version of Server?
Thank you!!

trokosz · Post by **trokosz** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:38 am

Well first IBM/Ascential has not determined officially that "Hawk" will become version 8.0.....

Second:

1) The Hawk version of DataStage will support EE (Parallel) and Server versions.

2) New customers will be provided EE and Server will not be presented stand-alone.....It's supported for current customers....

3) IBM/Ascential will provide Server to current customers but new enhancements and functionality will be put into EE and not Server so the future of Server is static....

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:53 pm

Server edition will, however, use the new Repository in Hawk and beyond, and will therefore carry the overheads of translation to and from data types for storage. On the other hand, the intermediate services layer may speed things up. There may be some small enhancements to Server edition, particularly while job sequences remain a special case of server jobs, which will be true for some time yet.

Bilwakunj · Post by **Bilwakunj** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:04 pm

Thank you ray.wurlod and trokosz .