Re: What is the best platform for Informix 7.x?

David Williams wrote > > I main problem with SCO we found was that it was not stable. > We had 5 SCO boxes and used to have crashes at least once every 2 > weeks. Maybe OSR 5.0.0(a,b) ?:), well known unstable releases - you have to load documented patches ... BTW: I have a 5.0.2 box close to me; now uptime for more than 3 months under heavy load. > Try doing something simle like filling up the root partition > and see how long it stays up for. We never managed > 2 hours..., > we'd come back in in the morning and Yes XXX rebooted again last > night.. Oh dear, why (and how) are you filling the root partion? It's some kind of spitefulness for any unix. > Also it is much harder to add new hardware to a PC than to a Sun > box due to the poor machine architecture (640K limit, no standard > bus, no standard way for the OS to indentify new hardware). > > It's less SCO as the hardware arhitecture.... There are ways to identify new hardware - like the clever way Linux is doing. SCO is just a little more traditional :-) You have to know the parts your box is feeded with ... -- Chris Drauch <cdr@xteam.co.at> ... just speaking for myself ...