IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. SAP Replication Server vs. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.

I asked questions about a warm standby and multicast replication. We ended up using bi-directional replication and a warm standby db. Having 3 or more live OLTP DB's where each was read-write was going to be difficult to manage for contention if the same table was being updated. We stuck with an easier solution to have only two OLTP's, and then used additional DB's as read-only DW's.

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The tool is excellent for managing virtually all aspects of SQL Server - multiple servers, databases, hundreds of tables and procedures, dozens of SQL Agent jobs. We have not encountered any situations where it is not appropriate.

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• IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
• It also can process big data , unstuctured data
• It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems

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• guaranteed delivery
• high availability
• scalable
• low latency
• data transformation

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• Database queries
• Database management
• Table design

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• I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
• Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
• It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.

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• Data Reconciliation Functionality.

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• Sorting of executed queries not available
• Quality of life improvements on folders and managment
• Some outdated tools that need revamping

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• Scale of implementation
• IBM techsupport

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It's very user friendly. If you know T-SQL then you can use this. Really even if you don't it's not that hard to figure out. You can create things visually as well.

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SAP support has been outstanding. They have quick response times and always meet their SLAs. Any time we have an issue that needs to be researched they are able to get back to us quickly with resolution.

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DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS

Hands down Sybase has the best replication

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SSMS is very efficient and aids to do multiple tabs easily

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• Productivity of the development of integration processes.
• Better documentation and governance.
• Reduce training costs of various technologies.

• A positive is that it allow quick business decision making on the basis of real time data. Huge time saving for business.

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• SQL Server Management Studio is our go-to tool for almost everything we do with SQL Server. Highly efficient and flexible.
• Compared to other alternatives, I would say we save at least 25% of the overall time we need to spend working in SQL Server.

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