Re: HP-UX/Informix 7.3

mbaumgartner@cardhealth.com wrote: > > Currently, we are developing a OLTP application on HP-UX 10.20 using > Informix 7.23.UC7. Since we still have time prior to deployment we are > thinking of migrating to 7.3 to take advantage of the improvements added in > this release. I would like to know if any other HP-UX sites are running > release 7.3 and if you would recommend it for production usage. I know it > has not had much burn-in time but I do not have confidence in release > 7.23.UC7. When we originally upgraded we received release 7.24.UC3 which, > if you do not already know, was put on quality hold. Informix then shipped > us a down-grade (7.23.UC7) as its replacement. Consequently, it does not > feel to good having a release with know bugs floating around just waiting > to bite. In fact I have an open case with technical support that deals > with the engine dynamically allocating shared memory segments (21 to be > exact) in the middle of the night when absolutely nothing was going on! > > Thanks In Advance, > > Mark Hi Mark --- I just recently (was it 2 or 3 weekends ago?) migrated a 7.23.UC1 database to 7.30.UC2-1 running under HP-UX 10.20 on a K9000 series, 2 Gigabyte, 4 processor box, RAID 5 disk farm. Yep, it is in production. I had fun doing all the preliminary setup and configuration. You know, it's kind of hard to make RAID 5 run fast. The new controllors do help and I pulled a trick or two!! Resident Tables help, too --- but I have no idea how much. I didn't have time to actually measure the performance improvement using Resident Tables. After having some initial Kernel problems (setting the parameters as outlined in the machine notes does HELP!!!), everything appears to be running fine. Oh, and management really likes it that a process that use to take 4-5 hours to run, now completes in 45 minutes! The old box had a LOT of i/o contention and was a slower 4 processor box. One more thing --- Legato and a DLT is a GREAT way to archive the database! Any questions??? -- David Weis Louisville Internet Marketing Services dweis@louisville-i-market.com 1425 South First Street Louisville, KY 40208 USA 502-637-7316 (Voice) 502-636-1553 (FAX)