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The DB2Night Show #36: Comparing Database High Availability Solutions

Posted on 12/17/2010

Special guest Klaas Brant, IBM DB2 GOLD Consultant

Which solution is best? DB2 pureScale, Oracle RAC, or SQL Server Clusters?

In episode #36, special guest Klaas Brant, IBM DB2 GOLD Consultant and owner KBCE b.v., shared with us his expertise on database high availability solutions. High Availability was defined and discussed, then Klaas took us on a deep dive into DB2 9.8 pureScale, Oracle RAC, and SQL Server Clusters. His animated slides did a brilliant job of illustrating how these technologies work. In the end, Klaas convinced me of pureScale's superiority and exposed the scalability flaws of RAC.

Watch the replay of Episode #36 to see for yourself how these database high availability solutions work and learn which may be ideal for your circumstances...

To download a recorded replay of Episode #36, right click on the link below and choose "Save As... "
Episode 36, 17 December 2010, Comparing DB2 pureScale, Oracle RAC, and SQL Server Clusters with guest Klaas Brant.

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