Re: What to get Informix 9 or 10?
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:27:34 -0400, Gary Quiring <gquiring@msn.com> wrote: >With Sun's latest service prices on my old E4500 with two A1000's I can get a >new Sun 490 with two 3510 fiber arrays and almost pay for it for free in 5 >years. I got the numbers approved for a new Informix server. So the big >question what to get? > >I currently run 7.3 on the E4500. I have another server running 9.4 with no >issues on Solaris 9. Would it be safer to stay with 9.4 and Solaris 9 or should >I do IDS 10 on Solaris 10 or 9? We are no Informix experts over here, I rely >heavily on this group and Art for help. So I don't want anything that could be a >risk. > >Thanks >Gary Quiring > It looks like the answer is Informix 9.4. I am just still on the fence about Solaris 9 vs 10. Safe bet is 9, but I could run into an end of life deal with Sun in the next 5 years with 9. (my servers are leased/rented on a 5 year life cycle). Thanks Gary Quiring
Well whatever you do I'd have a test server somewhere with Solaris 10 on it. dtrace is soooo good to debug hard stuff. Wish I had it but my current job is an HP-UX shop...we don't even have truss. yeah tusc (a truss clone) is available bu not officially supported! Check out dtrace for tracking down HARD problems....
I agree with your 9.4 choice but make sure you have the absolute latest rev. Solaris 10 is reasonably stable. It has predictive self healing capabilities too - might make it easier for you. It is also faster for the most part. Dump 9, dive into 10, its a no brainer. "Gary Quiring" <gquiring@msn.com> wrote in message news:o378k1tdvkvg1bo9m3982af0ngf228qrjq@4ax.com... > On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:27:34 -0400, Gary Quiring <gquiring@msn.com> wrote: > >>With Sun's latest service prices on my old E4500 with two A1000's I can >>get a >>new Sun 490 with two 3510 fiber arrays and almost pay for it for free in 5 >>years. I got the numbers approved for a new Informix server. So the big >>question what to get? >> >>I currently run 7.3 on the E4500. I have another server running 9.4 with >>no >>issues on Solaris 9. Would it be safer to stay with 9.4 and Solaris 9 or >>should >>I do IDS 10 on Solaris 10 or 9? We are no Informix experts over here, I >>rely >>heavily on this group and Art for help. So I don't want anything that >>could be a >>risk. >> >>Thanks >>Gary Quiring >> > It looks like the answer is Informix 9.4. I am just still on the fence > about > Solaris 9 vs 10. Safe bet is 9, but I could run into an end of life deal > with > Sun in the next 5 years with 9. (my servers are leased/rented on a 5 year > life > cycle). > > Thanks > Gary Quiring >