Re: Informix on NT platform - Impact of 100 to 400+ Users

In article <5g9o7q$r0e$1@despair.u-net.com>, David W Chan <david@go5.com> writes >"Rob Culhane" <gsdrtc1@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > >>We are considering implementing an Informix Online Rel 7 server in an NT >>4 way SMP environment. We are concerned about the viability of initially >>starting with 100+ users and growing to possibly 400+ users. Looking for >>other people's experiences including maximum users on NT before >>degradation? >>Questions regarding impact of combining startup warehouse with OLTP >>applications on same platform also exist. > >This morning, Informix released a press release about a BANN benchmark >on NT. The benchmark simulated 760 users and gave response times of >less than 3 seconds. They used one database server and two >application servers. Each machine had 4 Pentium Pro 200s and 2GB of >memory i.e. 12 Pentium Pros and 6GB of memory. I also suspect that >the application is partitioned. > Has to be but putting OLTP+DSS+app on one box is just not viable. >I agree with other posts that you can't mix oltp and warehousing on >the same machine. Use replication and put your oltp users on one and >dw users on the other. If you can partition your application as well >then it may work. > >David > > >David W Chan >GO5 Limited >david@go5.com (work) >dwc@cix.compulink.co.uk (home) > -- David Williams