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Hi,

I have been working DS Server Edition in years but not experience in Parallel Extender.

Now a project is about to come using DS parallel extender.

Can I do it like after reading technical document or do I need a training?

Please give me advice or highlight on differences between these two editions.

Thanks,

(Pls direct me if there is any topic already in the forum)

Ocean wrote:Hi,

I have been working DS Server Edition in years but not experience in Parallel Extender.

Now a project is about to come using DS parallel extender.

Can I do it like after reading technical document or do I need a training?

Please give me advice or highlight on differences between these two editions.

Thanks,

(Pls direct me if there is any topic already in the forum)

check this out.

viewtopic.php?t=88879

There are a number of threads out there regarding the differences between Server and Parallel.

The common designer canvas can misleas the new and unwary developer into thinking that the two products, Server and Parallel, differ mainly in their performance. This is a big mistake and an easy enough error to make - I've done so as well since I've been working with Server since it's inception.

I have seen jobs that were obviously written in PX with a Server mindset and the jobs usually are neither particularly efficient and as often as not they don't work correctly.

Either a course or some sort of guided instruction on the paradigm differences (I know the term is overused in the software industry, but it does apply here) is absolutely necessary in order to avoid pitfalls in designing PX jobs.

You need the transition lab offered by this web site and usually taught by Ray.

are there any lab offered at this part of the World (India)
I think we have lot of people here who would be intrested in attending.

A very good point. If you look at Google Trends for the last two years the top 10 cities doing a Google search for the term "DataStage" since 2004 are:
1. Pune, India
2. Bangalore, India
3. Hyderabad, India
4. Chennai, India
5. Mumbai, India
6. Singapore, Singapore
7. New Delhi, India
8. Minneapolis, MN, USA
9. Delhi, India
10. Dallas, TX, USA

There are a huge number of people interested in DataStage in India. In fact there were 10 times as many people Googling DataStage from India as there were from the US.

Go Dallas.

When you're number 10 you have to try harder. (Paraphrase of old car rental ad)

Thanks for all the advices and replies.

Pls advise if any documentation about parallel jobs or sample jobs available?

Look like I've been running out of time.

Ocean wrote:Thanks for all the advices and replies.

Pls advise if any documentation about parallel jobs or sample jobs available?

Look like I've been running out of time.

Documentation is available as part of Installation of datastage client. That will be a good starting point.

Ocean wrote:Look like I've been running out of time.

Don't worry too much - server jobs will be around for a long time yet.