Re: Informix on NT platform - Impact of 100 to 400+ Users

Rob Culhane wrote: > > We are considering implementing an Informix Online Rel 7 server > in an NT 4 way SMP environment. We are concerned about the > viability of initially starting with 100+ users and growing to > possibly 400+ users. Looking for other people's experiences > including maximum users on NT before degradation? Questions > regarding impact of combining startup warehouse with OLTP > applications on same platform also exist. Aha. Aha. Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! So let me get this straight: you want to start with 100+ users of an OLTP-type apps on an NT box and grow to 400+ AND run a data warehouse on one machine? Well, the only machine I'd consider for this would be something like an IBM SP/2 or something of that ilk. 100 concurrent users could probably run on a 4-way SCO UNIX box. I would not really consider Intel/SCO for > 150 users and I wouldn't dream of loading more than 100 users on NT anything. And you should never run DW and OLTP on the same box. -- Ciao, Billy "...nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat..."