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IBM Considering DB2 on Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the yes-some-people-still-use-db2 dept.

zzen writes "Aparently, IBM is looking for input on the posibility of their DB2 database being ported to Mac OS X. MacObserver writes: 'IBM has posted a survey asking Mac OS X users if they are interested in having DB2 ported to Mac OS X. DB2 is an enterprise level database solution from IBM, and a Mac OS X port from IBM would be a major boost for Mac OS X in the corporate market place.'"

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  1. Re:Too late? by xil · · Score: 4, Informative

    As always with IBM, things aren't as simple as they appear. There are a number of different products which are all called DB2, ranging from small PC-size DBs to stuff that could only work on a mainframe. (For all I know, the big and little DB2s don't even share any code.)

    Several years ago, I ran a DB2 database on a medium-level PC, without problems. I don't see why it would be any more of a problem now.

  2. Re:Are XServe's quite there? by kwerle · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hum. I wonder what you think "high end" is?
    From store.apple.com:
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    Dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4
    256K L2 cache & 2MB L3 cache
    per processor
    2.0GB DDR SDRAM @ 266MHz
    4x120GB Apple Drive Modules
    CD-ROM drive
    ATI Graphics Card
    Dual Gigabit Ethernet
    Two USB ports
    Three FireWire ports
    ---
    OK, there's bigger hardware out there, but I'm thinking that 2G RAM and nearly .5TB disk is big enough to do an awful lot of work. This is well above IBM's own pSeries bottom end, though it obviously is nowhere near the top. The bottom line is, unless you've got HUGE amounts of data, it seems reasonable that you could go with Apple and DB2.

    Yes, HUGE is a relative term, but how many businesses fit into the "it's enough for us" category. Hell, if they're selling it on Linux PC's, why not Apple, too?!?