Re: Informix Which platform--Unix, NT, Linux?

From: John Lederer <johnl@ibm.net> > >I work for a medium sized law firm (120 seats). > >We are buying a new time and blilling /accounting system, which uses >Informix as >its database. We currently have NT workstations, Novell servers, and a >handful >of Linux IP servers (DNS, LDAP, etc). I have tried to avoid becoming a >Microsoft shop. > >We are going to have decide what to run Informix on,. The vendor tells me >that >for firms our size they recommend, for running it on NT, a 4 processor box >with 1 GB or ram and 20Gb of disk in Raid. I sounds suspiciously high end >to >me, but that is their recommendation on NT. > >In any event we are going to have deicde whether to run it on Linux, NT, or >a >Unix, and buy the hardware and OS. > >Would you be so kind as to give me any thoughts on advanatges/disadvantages >of any of the platroforms that relate speciifically to >Informix. I know general plusses and minuses of each, but I don't know >anything about Informix. >I would be particularly interested in the thoughts of anyone who switched >from >one platform to another and why. I think you'd probably be fine running on a Linux box, just be aware that Linux ports are a bit new, so they don't have all the fancy bits and bobs yet (ER, UDO, AD, etc.). My only concern would be if you were planning to grow mightily, then I would go for a "commercial" Unix. I think your stated environment would be well served by the combination of Linux and a beefy Intel box. The disk requirements would be largely the same, whatever platform you go for, but you should be able to connect 120 users using a single fast CPU and about 256MB RAM. The more RAM, the better, of course! I don't know what the status is of Linux SMP, either. I've dozed off a little bit on the Linux port side, if you post to linux-informix@iiug.org, you'll probably get more practical and specific recommendations. But hats off to you for your brave stand against M$. :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com