Re: Server specs?

Nils van der Laan (NilsL@simac.nl) wrote: : Hello Informix-users, : I am currently evaluating the RDBMS-needs of our company (Simac in the : Netherlands). We are about to upgrade our major business-software from : "Triton 2.2" to "Baan IV". This is a massive ERP-application, and so a : fast and reliable RDBMS will have to be selected. As it looks now, the : situation will be as described below: : - 350+ concurrent users that work with te application. Within 3 years : time this will grow to about 500+. Each user will have 3 to 5 concurrent : connections with the DBMS. : - Application servers on 12 locations, connected to our WAN using 64k : leased lines (in the future this will be frame-relay). : - The application servers will also hold subsets of the data. These : subsets will be updates every night. They will be used to analyse sales : and production information. : In the evaluation I also have to make an assumption about the type off : hardware. Wahet would be a wise choice considering the load described : above? We haven't made a choice about an OS-platform yet. Unix or NT : would both be options. : Thanks for your comments, : > : >Nils van der Laan : >email: nilsl@simac.nl : > : >Simac ERP Solutions bv : >Pastoriestraat 157 : >5612 EK Eindhoven : >Tel: 040-2968600 : >Fax: 040-2968699