ICS 434-01 - Advanced Database Systems

Quiz # 3,4   Take-Home Quiz                                                                                                                                 May 10, 2003

 

Submission on May 14, 2003 in class (Equivalent to two quizzes)

  1. Identify and explain the differences between IBM DB2, Oracle 9i and SQL Server 2000 in terms of the features listed at

http://users.kfupm.edu.sa/ICS/jaweed/ics434/databasecomparison.pdf

 

  1. Identify the details of the following high-end servers in terms Operating systems, TPC-C (OLTP) benchmark, Processor type and SMP support, memory limits, and storage (SANS, NAS)  support:

HP superdome with IntelŪ ItaniumŪ 2 6M processors

IBM eServer xSeries 440

Fujitsu PrimePower 2000

NEC Express5800

Dell PowerEdge 6600/2.0 GHz/4P

Unisys ES7000 Aries 520 Enterprise Server

 

            Use the internet and provide proper URL references.

 

For example, HP Superdome details c can be located at

 

http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/scalableservers/superdome/itanium.html