RE: SCO 5.0.5 and Online 7.3 don't seem to be too stable
We have 7.30 running on 150+ SCO 5.0.5 boxes. Other than cleaning up a
few speed issues it seems fine. I haven't seen any more stability
problems than with 5.10 and the features of 7.30 makes it well worth the
switch.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Taylor [SMTP:robertt@scotlegal.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 6:17 AM
> To: informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: SCO 5.0.5 and Online 7.3 don't seem to be too stable
>
> I heard the Informix 7 required UnixWare to operate correctly ??????
> dunno
> if its true
> ( Imean UnixWare out of SCO family, I don't mean Ifx won't work with
> any
> other OS )
>
> Art S. Kagel <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message
> news:37A09D72.28AC4B54@bloomberg.net...
> > If this is a new installation and has never been online long I
> suggest you
> > read the release notes ($INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333/IDS_7.3) for
> notes
> > about OS kernel parameter you need to set to permit the engine to
> create
> > sufficient shared memory and semaphores.
> >
> > That box should certainly handle the load and SCO is a fine OS.
> Sure
> there are
> > other bigger, faster, slightly more stable platforms but you will
> not go
> wrong
> > with the current plan.
> >
> > Art S. Kagel
> >
> > Gary Quiring wrote:
> > >
> > > We bought a system written in Informix using OnLine 7.3UC2. The
> engine
> > > keeps going down with messages like below:
> > >
> > > 11:58:07 Assert Failed: No Exception Handler
> > > 11:58:07 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.30.UC2
> > > 11:58:07 Who: Session(883, billz@emco1, 15062, 0)
> > > Thread(987, sqlexec, 0, 1)
> > > File: mtex.c Line: 314
> > > 11:58:07 Results: Exception Caught. Type: MT_EX_OS, Context: mem
> > > 11:58:07 Action: Please notify Informix Technical Support.
> > > 11:58:11 See Also: /tmp/af.3db7a0f
> > > 11:58:11 mtex.c, line 314, thread 987, proc id 541, No Exception
> Handler.
> > > 11:58:11 PANIC: Attempting to bring system down> > >
> > > Is SCO a reasonable platform for Informix? When we go live we
> will have
> > > around 175 users on our 4way XEON server with 4 gig of memory.
> Our
> > > business is distribution with around 3000 orders per day.
> > >
> > > I'm just wondering if there's a more stable platform that we
> should
> > > consider?
> > >
> > > Gary Quiring
>