Re: AIX vs. NT for Informix Server

Tim Schaefer wrote: > I'm using XPS 8.21 on a 4-node AIX SP cluster for a data warehouse > and it screams. It's faster than anything I've seen yet. And it > definitely kicks Oracle's ass. No doubt about that. > Tim Schaefer > tschaefe@mindspring.com > www.inxutil.com > > Dan Dwyer wrote: > > > > We will be migrating our Informix database application from a SunOS > > system to either > > AIX or NT. Most of the code is currently written in I4GL (version > > 4.10). We expect to develop new user interfaces using server side > > javascript through a Netscape Enterprise Web Server. We would be > > interested in comments on AIX vs NT with respect to migration from > > SunOS, system administration, reliability and code development. > > ===================================================================== Why would you go from a perfectly good OS to one of two more difficult ones? I don't see much difference between AIX <aches> and NT as far as functionality. I would tell you to stay Sun and go for Solaris, though, if it were me. AIX and NT are both different from other Unix platforms. AIX has better scalabilty. NT seems to be easier as a development box. Apples to apples. No matter what you do, you won't get a better box then a Sun, whether you go NT or AIX. -- Richard Scott Sr System Admin http://www.premtec.com Premiere Communications rscott@premtec.com Dallas, TX Go Dallas Stars!!