Re: HELP! SE versus Online

} } EdPuskas wrote: } : We have been on Informix SE forever (on Unix v.4 NCR/AT&T). Anyhow, } : I just lost my Informix DBA and was told that I have until Thursday to decide if we } : should go to ever convert 300 sites to the Online version. I can't remember how to } } Ed, } } if you've been happy with SE, why convert? SE is certainly a LOT easier } to handle, and needs a lot less administration. } } The reasons I can think of why you might consider changing to Online are: } - You need backup ability while the DB is still running } - You need data types that are only available in Online (varchar, BLOBs) } - SE cannot handle the load any more with acceptable performance } - You need the ability to handle distributed databases (Informix-STAR) - If you need better client server capabilities. j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker - Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com _____________________________________________________________________________ He who lives by the keyboard, dies by the keyboard. >thud< _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________