Re: Suggested Database Architecture

Hi y'all! The article is the Buyer's Guide column, entitled "Servers on Steroids" by Kevin Burden. It may be found on pages 77 to 82 in the March 10th 1997 issue of ComputerWorld. Although I found that some of the text did not mesh with the tabulated results in the comparison of NCR and IBM, his introduction gave some insights into the pros and cons of SMP and MPP, as well as a new option, SMP clustering. Hope you find it useful. Best regards, Nigel Edmund Nigel Gall wrote: } } Hi Jackie et al.! } } ComputerWorld newsmag had an article on SMP vs MPP for large data } waerhousing/scientific projects. Apparently, a number of users are } impressed with Informix XPS. I echo Ian's advice on getting } professional expertise. IBM, being the first to enter the MPP market, } has a lot of experience putting down high-quantity node sites. NCR } and others are catching up though. And Informix XPS seems to be } providing a lot of benefits to early users of this high-level } technology. } } I can't remember the exact date; I am sure it was a March 1997 issue } (maybe March 3 or 10). If I get my hands on the magazine I'll inform } you of the exact date and pages. In the meantime you can probably do } a search at their web-site: http://www.computerworld.com } } HTH } } Best regards, } Nigel } } Ian Goddard wrote: } > } > Jackie Nutter wrote: } > > } > > I am involved in building a data warehouse for a project that } > > could potentially grow into the 3TB range. We are currently } > > evaluating 3 databases, one of which is Informix. I have little to } > > no architecture/hardware expertise. Does anyone have any } > > suggestions for an suitable architecture or places to reference? } > > } > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. } > > } > > Jackie } > } > I have only one suggestion - turn the job over to someone who has a } > *lot* of expertise. } > } > Ian } -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Name : Edmund Nigel Gall Address: 9A Stanmore Avenue | | Title : Account Executive Port of Spain | | Company : Stratis Caribbean Ltd. Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. | | | | Contact Information: | | Office Personal | | Voice : (809) 623 6530/1 (809) 662 6611 | | Fax : (809) 623 8370 (809) 662 6611 | | Email : ngall@stratis-caribbean.com nigelg@trinidad.net | +----------------- http://www.stratis-caribbean.com -----------------+