RE: Oracle Diagnostic and Tuning Packs

For around the same money (I think...maybe before the pricing restructure), I like Spotlight On Oracle from Quest. Excellent drilldown capabilities, MUCH better GUI, and for management, it's cooler-looking too.

Trials are free. Just expect a call from a salesman.

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com              Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM]
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:48 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Oracle Diagnostic and Tuning Packs
>
>
> Peter - It depends. If you are a big user of OEM today, then
> you'll probably
> want them. In the long run they are probably a little like OEM itself.
> Excellent for getting novices into the Oracle game, but
> eventually you must
> learn what is beneath the tool. I found that STATSPACK offered better
> information and was easier to use and especially to automate.
> Management
> likes GUI tools because they can walk past and see some
> impressive graphs. I
> don't like the fact that Oracle has chosen to limit these
> tools to EE. It is
> ridiculous to make me pay a stiff price for an optional tool
> and then tell
> me I can't use it with all my databases.
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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