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Database Development and Management
April 2024
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We performed a comparison between BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS and Oracle GoldenGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Featured Review
RobertSamson
Improves disaster recovery processes and offers an efficient CPU cycle optimization
Using BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS has greatly improved our database administration tasks. Although we don't test the database... Read more →
Prashant Sukhe
Stable Solution with Live Application Feature
One notable improvement the organization experienced is a significant reduction in response time and minimal delay in the Oracle database.
Quotes From Members
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Pros
"BMC Data Management improved our data recovery process by simplifying it.""I have worked with DB2's great features in the last five years. The IDAA feature transformed the vision of warehousing, business analytics, and big data at my bank. Besides the mainframe, I saw that this solution was evolutionary. It gives real-time information."

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"You can put data together from a few databases into one database or the other way, from one database into several. It transforms data in real-time.""What I have found the most valuable about GoldenGate is that it does real-time and no-downtime migrations. Its migrations are fast. There are not many tools like it on the marketplace.""Many of the features of Oracle GoldenGate are valuable. We use Oracle databases and this tool is from Oracle, making it have superior compatibility.""This solution provides us with real-time replication and it does not affect the performance of other operations, which is very important to us.""I like that the product transforms data and provides real-time applications.""Oracle GoldenGate features work fine, which is what I like about it. I also like that it's scalable, easy to set up, and has good technical support.""For small databases, GoldenGate handles the migration well.""This solution has a well-known procedure for troubleshooting and tuning the performance, providing for smooth operation."

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Cons
"DB2 is a hard tool to grasp. It's hard for users to learn how to use it. It's not easy to see how it works.""One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution."

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"The front-end management isn't very good.""In the future, I would appreciate a more user-friendly monitoring interface for easier management and troubleshooting.""The solution's performance needs improvement.""It would be great if Oracle added some enhanced features or more functionalities to Oracle GoldenGate.""Microservices Architecture is not user-friendly.""The solution needs to improve its latency, monitoring and support.""A clean and user-friendly graphical interface based on common design principles would be beneficial.""I find the user interface to be difficult for non-technical people."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
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  • "The one feature that I think Oracle could perhaps consider is, at the moment, the Veridata option is an extra cost. Golden Gate is an expensive product. You pay a lot for the best. But not including the Veridata license to prove that everything is working correctly... The big improvement for me would be to have that license built in. That would take it to the next level. That would make it a much better product. You may want to look at buying term licenses if you've just got a single migration to do. In that situation, you might want a term license for perhaps a year to save a lot of money, rather than buying a perpetual license."
  • "The licensing model should be improved to be more cost-effective for the end users."
  • "We do like the price of this solution."
  • "Pricing is based on anual licensing with additional costs for support packages."
  • "The price of this solution is good."
  • "We have an enterprise license for it. It might be for three years or so. I'm not aware of any additional costs to the standard licensing fee."
  • "Its price can be better. It is a bit crazy, and its licensing is very difficult to understand. I would rate it one out of five in terms of pricing. There don't seem to be any additional costs."
  • "We have purchased corporate licensing to use Oracle GoldenGate."

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    Comparison Review
    Anonymous User
    Oracle GoldenGate vs. Oracle Active Dataguard
    As an Oracle DBA, while working upon high availability of your database you may stumble upon various Oracle strategic capabilities that fall into categories of Oracle Replication. Oracle provides various technologies for replication like GoldenGate, streams, and Active Dataguard. Replication being the primary purpose of all the mentioned technologies, each have different internal operational behavior. The purpose is to achieve maximum database availability, these mentioned technologies fully accommodate the requirement but internally there are differences at internal operational level. DBA's must learn and understand the functionality of both and know which technique can be used and in what scenario. Let's discuss the differences between Oracle Active Dataguard and Oracle GoldenGate. Oracle Active Dataguard is simple and the most economical solution for replication. The concept of active dataguard is a super set of traditional dataguard. It offers real time data protection and availability. Here in active replication you can place your secondary database in read-only mode, where the secondary database is available to users for limited usage like reporting and query offloading. Active Dataguard promises zero data loss across large distances without hampering performance. Other benefits to count on you can consider the capability of Active Dataguard to automatically repair the physical corruption without incurring any performance impact and availability of… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS?
    Top Answer:BMC Data Management improved our data recovery process by simplifying it.
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    What needs improvement with BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS?
    Top Answer:One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution. As someone involved in managing infrastructure, understanding… more »
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    What advice do you have for others considering BMC Data Management for IM...
    Top Answer:From my perspective as an infrastructure guy, the most valuable aspect of BMC's data management solutions was their ability to optimize CPU cycles, improving IMS performance without directly impacting… more »
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    What do you like most about Oracle GoldenGate?
    Top Answer:The product is reliable for data integrity.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle GoldenGate?
    Top Answer:It's a middleware. The price depends on the customers and the number of licenses they buy.
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    What needs improvement with Oracle GoldenGate?
    Top Answer:Microservices Architecture is not user-friendly. It would have been great if the product would have stayed with the classic architecture and expanded into Microservices. However, it has completely… more »
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    Ranking
    21st
    out of 62 in Database Development and Management
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
    8.0
    6th
    out of 100 in Data Integration
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    Comparisons
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
    8.2
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    Also Known As
    BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS, Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS
    GoldenGate
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    BMC
    Oracle
    Overview

    Transform the management of your DB2 databases to meet the scale and complexity of digital business

    • Run DB2 utilities with BMC Next Generation Technology to optimize your data and improve application performance
    • Eliminate downtime and increase availability of business services
    • Ensure the integrity of structured and unstructured data
    • Take control with intelligent automation and policy-driven rules
    • Bridge the gap from green-screen to modern, secure, self-service user interfaces
    • Move to DB2 12 and beyond with confidence

    Oracle GoldenGate is a real-time data integration and database replication solution. It can detect data events and route them across networks at very low latencies and integrates well with 100s of combinations of non-Oracle databases, data stores, and clouds.

    Oracle GoldenGate Features

    Oracle GoldenGate has many valuable key features, including:

    • Simple to use web interface
    • Fast and easy installation or provisioning
    • Command line access via AdminClient that can run anywhere
    • RESTful APIs for DevOps
    • Offers built-in monitoring but also can be easily adapted to roll your own monitoring
    • APIs are protected by Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) authentication.

    Oracle GoldenGate Benefits

    Some of the benefits of using Oracle GoldenGate include:

    • Oracle GoldenGate is deeply integrated with the Oracle Database (logging, redo, backup and recovery layer, security, administration, data guard, data vault, autonomous database etc.).

    • It is the most stable, performant, and reliable CDC / replication solution for Oracle.

    • High performance: Oracle GoldenGate is capable of sub-second latency for data movement. featuring low impact capture, routing, transformation, and delivery of transactional data.

    • GoldenGate is the only CDC / replication tool that keeps pace with new and emerging innovations (security, features, data types, etc) in the core Oracle Database.

    • The solution supports a wide range of use cases, from conventional OLTP data replication and high availability to data lake ingestion or multi-cloud ingestion, SaaS application replication, and messaging replication.
    • GoldenGate is the only CDC / replication technology certified for Exadata, Exadata Cloud Service, and Exadata Cloud at Customer.

    • For fault-tolerance, GoldenGate has its own mechanism to keep track of how much work is completed and how much is pending. This mechanism is independent of any database and ensures, with the help of automatic gap-resolution, that no data loss occurs.

    • GoldenGate uses its own proprietary format files for keeping the committed data coming from the source database, making it independently functional irrespective of the database in use.

    • To maintain the performance and consistency, only committed data is sent. Uncommitted data is captured by GoldenGate, but is discarded after receiving a Rollback.

    • With GoldenGate, data sending is in “near real time,” which reduces the possibility of latency.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by Oracle GoldenGate users.

    PeerSpot user Steve-J., Cloud Migration Software Consultant - UK & EMEA at 1PLACE, says, "What I have found the most valuable about GoldenGate is that it does real-time and no-downtime migrations. Its migrations are fast. There are not many tools like it on the marketplace."

    Pinak S., Senior Manager of System and Database at ESL, mentions, “We like how in GoldenGate the heterogeneous database is supported. Sometimes the client actually needs a schedule and needs to ensure the state of databases for reporting purposes. With that in mind, we have been able to configure GoldenGate for certain schema. The solution is quite stable. They've recently improved the ease of implementation.”

    A Database Administrator at a manufacturing company explains, "It moves the data as you set it up, and it works. I am also very impressed with its stability and scalability. It is not super feature-rich, but the new releases have more functionality. It recently had more native integrations with Oracle Database. If you are using it against an Oracle database, it has a lot more functionality."

    An Oracle ERP DBA Consultant - Oracle Super Cluster T5-8 Admin at a government comments, "GoldenGate can connect and collect data from multiple sources, such as SQL Server."






    Sample Customers
    Airline Tariff Publishing Co (ATPCO), AtTask, MetaScale
    Japan Exchange Group, Daewoo E&C, Herbalife, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Canon, Turk Telekom
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Insurance Company13%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company19%
    Healthcare Company12%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise76%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is ranked 21st in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews while Oracle GoldenGate is ranked 6th in Data Integration with 47 reviews. BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is rated 8.6, while Oracle GoldenGate is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS writes "Improves disaster recovery processes and offers an efficient CPU cycle optimization ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle GoldenGate writes "Performs real-time replication without data loss, but we cannot do much automation". BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate, IBM App Connect and Dataloader.io, whereas Oracle GoldenGate is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate, Quest SharePlex, Azure Data Factory and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).

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