FreeLists / oracle-l / Re: Suggestions for monitoring tools?

[Mladen Gogala <gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/01/2005 05:47:35 PM, Tim Gorman wrote:

> As anyone anywhere in IT can attest, "updates" from support don't
> necessarily imply reliability.  In contrast, software that is no longer
> being updated can often be considered fully debugged.

As many of us can attest, Oracle RDBMS can be considered reliable only=20
after the "terminal release" has been announced.=20

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> I don't know anything about a product named "Karma", but perhaps it's now
> stable enough to rely upon?

Karma is free and very good product for monitoring databases, written by th=
e now=20
long gone and forgotten member of this list, Sean Hull. I haven't seen any =
posts=20
by Sean Hull since before my last pet T-Rex died.

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> It "does more or less what [you] want".  Matching requirements is the mos=
t
> important criteria, no?

Provided the set of requirements is defined. Many companies just invite the=
 sales=20
force of different companies and tell them something like "impress me". Tha=
t is what
the term "luser" is all about.


> Of course, if it's headed for the trash heap (or the company is about to =
be
> purchased by CA -- same thing), then maybe darker things might be afoot..=
.


Now, now, now. I'd say you don't like Unicenter and TNG? The brochures they=
 have=20
are sooo pretty and CA has marvelous T-shirts.

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Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA


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