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

Your statements have been recorded for use when NT has consolidated its power and no Unix jobs remain. There is no escape, submit to the inevitable, now. Mark D. Stock wrote: > > Mike Segel wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > Lots of luck. > > Don't think you will be happy with the results. > > Anyone running NT with 400 Simultaneous users? > > <Embarrassed silence> > > > How about 100 ? > > <Nervous shuffling of feet> > > > > > NT works fine in a small environment, but for a warehouse > > app, forget it. > > > > -Just my $.02 worth. > > And VERY well spent I think. :-) > > Bill just has a way with people: he says don't buy a REAL OS, but NT.... > ... and they do. :-( > > > The author takes no responsibility for this post. > > Any resemblence to a coherent rational thought is purely coincidence. > > This was one of those coincidences. ;-) > -- > Mark.