RE: SCO Open Server and Informix 7.3 - How far can I go with this platform??

>===== Original Message From Gary Quiring <garyq@emcosales.com> ===== >On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:08:57 BST, "Obnoxio The Clown" ><obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>It's OK, I once installed Oracle on a SCO box and 1 user shut it down. :-) >> >>>Bottom line is the server dies at least once a day and requires a >>>reboot. >> >>Unusual. Have you had someone check the hardware and NIC? Do you have all >>the latest patches? Do you have the right drivers for all your bits and >>bobs? >I changed the NIC from an Intel Pro 100 to a 3Com 905. It has the >latest driver( d version). SCO is updated with the latest patches. >(rs505c, rs497c, oss600a). > >Once a reboot is done, the server works fine for a few hours and then >bang, usocket error, buffer headers, and class 4-10 failures when >looking at netstat -m. NFS dies, telnet sessions get bumped and well >it just stinks!! > >>Yep. I don't really like Solaris for Intel. (To tell you the truth, I don't >>like it much for SPARC, either! :-) Have you looked at HP or IBM? Or a >>Penguin box? > >I was given the impression that Informix likes Sun and they do most of >their development on it? An Informix rep from the New Jersey office >recommended a Sun platform for better stability. But again, I don't >know Informix, I do have a lot of experience with SCO OpenServer, and >usually it works fine. > >Gary Quiring I think I just read that NFS and telnet sessions die as well. While I agree it 'might' be in the realm of possibility that informix would have an effect on telnet and nfs, it does not seem reall likely to me. Sounds like hardware problem or O/S problem. Have you tried reinstalling? Do note I make no claims of being an expert on O/S or hardware. In fact I do not even claim to be an expert on Informix. Will ------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, as a free service from Opera Software, makers of the award-winning Web Browser, Opera. Visit us at http://www.opera.com/ or our portal at: http://www.myopera.com/ Your free e-mail account is waiting at: http://www.operamail.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------