Re: Upgrading to v7.2 ?

Nils Myklebust wrote: > > Martin <martin@georgeson.co.uk> wrote: > > :In article <AGHMZFA2+ahyEwYU@smooth1.demon.co.uk>, David Williams > :<djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> writes > :>In article <55vrpb$npd@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, "\\"Billy Wheeler\\"" > :><billy@west.co.za> writes > :>>On 8 Nov 96 at 13:58, Martin wrote: > :>> > :>>> We currently have v5 of informix on a compaq prosignia unix/sco server > :>>> with 56MB ram, 3GB drive and a pentium overdrive chip. > :>>> > :>>> Will this be sufficient if we upgrade to v7.2 of informix? > :>> > :>>Should be - depends on your app. > :>>-- > :>>Ciao, > :>> > :>>Billy > :>> > :>>I'd be in favour of apathy, but I just can't get > :>>fired up about it... > :> > :> How many users will you have on the system? > : 10 > :> How large is the database? > : 2.2 GB > :> What is the application? > : 4GL /ESQL /Client Server > :> How many rows in the largest database table? > : 600,000 > :> How many processors does the machine have? > : Just the 1 486/66 plus pent overdrive > You mean you have effectively replaced the 486/66 with a Pentium > Overdrive processor. > > This configuration should be large enough. > You should however be aware that in our experience with OnLine 7.x on > PCs using SCO Unix it sometimes (depending on what you do) can hog the > CPU. It will run and should run ok, but you should check the CPU > utilisation (using cpqmon if you have it, or u386mon otherwise). > If it is too high there are some tuning you can do. > If you upgrade the hardware you should go to a 200 MHz Pentium Pro. > > Nils.Myklebust@idg.no > NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway > My opinions are those of my company > The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org I had a sparc machine with 64 mb of ram, about 3 gb in database, and 15 users. It was Ok but we could see the difference when we upgraded it to 128mb in ram. I think you should do the same.