Re: Informix C-ISAM performance on SCO

Posted in 1996

Chris Drauch — 31 Oct 1996 03:28:10 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Joe Schofield wrote > >I was wondering if anyone knew of a serious downgrade with Informix >C-ISAM performance once a program hit a certain point while building a >database. I have a program running on SCO Openserver 3.2v4.2 and >C-ISAM v4.00.UE1 . It was first created back in Feb. 1995, and ran >well for quite a while. It used to take about 5 or 6 hours to create >my database. Now, it takes 3 or 4 DAYS to create the database. >There's LOTS of data, and the program is recursive... Sounds funny - you haven't changed anything? How much records? Are there other huge processses running? Just one guess: Your disk is absolutely fragmented ... -- Chris Drauch <cdr@xteam.co.at> ... just speaking for myself ...