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Re: Managing a database under Linux



Ahem.

I was being sarcastic.

Or at least I thought I was.
I know DB2, of course it's a monster. That's the only
kind of applications IBM knows how to make (but their
monster applications work, as opposed to another well-known
bloatware manufacturer).

"Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo" wrote:
> 
> O>> I like MySQL, but you need to know when you're shooting
> O>> over the top. if one ever decides to build a bigger system,
> O>> he just moves it all the a real database (from the dbm file)
> O>> with a few lines of perl. Why not use DB2 while you're at it
> O>> on the assumption that you might once decide to warehouse
> O>> as well.
> 
> DB2 is a monster. I'm not sure that one who isn't experienced DBA can
> properly setup, let alone securely configure, DB2 installation. Gimme
> break, nobody wants DB2 for storing some 200 records of students...
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