Re: Oracle and Informix on the same Sun

> Subject: Oracle and Informix on the same Sun > Date: 20 Apr 1995 00:27:23 GMT > Reply-To: timh@amgen.com (Tim Helton) > Organization: Amgen > > Is anyone out there running Informix and Oracle on the same Sun? If so, > are there any problems? Our target machine is a development machine > running OS is Sun 4.3. Our databases will be Informix 5.X, Informix 6.X, > Oracle 6.X and Oracle 7.X. Experiences good and bad will be appreciated. > > Tim > timh@amgen.com We have ALMOST the same environment that you are talking about. We run a network of Suns of various sizes, SPARCstation 1 thru 4-processor 690, under OS 4.1.3. We run Oracle 6.0.32 and are converting to Oracle 7.X. Our Informix is quite old, 2.10.03, since we are phasing it out, against my recommendations. Although we don't have both Oracle and Informix *servers* on the same box, we have several instances with one DB's server and the other DB's client on the same computer. I have done several data transfers between the products, mostly thru intermediate files, but we did have one short-lived project that had programs connect to both DBMSs, tho' it was in sequence, not simultaneously. All that being said, I have *never* encountered any problems by having both DBMS products in the same computer. Regards, Alan +---------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | R. Alan Popiel | Internet: alan@den.mmc.com | | Lockheed Martin, SLS | Voice: 303-977-9998 | | P.O. Box 179, M/S 3810 | Standard disclaimers apply. Cutesy ones, too. | | Denver, CO 80201-0179 USA | Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited. | +---------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+