Re: Search for the most powerfull database server

Posted in 1998

Arun Shastry — Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:43:17 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

PROJECT Yakov Berkovitch 5055 wrote: > Hi, > > is anybody know the most powerfull UNIX database server ? > > Here are the criteria: > - a lot of I/O > - big database (~100 Gbytes) 100GB in today's measure is by no means big. > - single user but reports oriented > - big amount of insert but no update > > I search for a typical configuration (UNIX vendor, CPU type, disk > technology, ...). > > Thanks for any tips. > -- > > Regards. > ________________________________________________ > yakov.berkovitch@telrad.co.il > (972)-89134414 Without wasting any second, buy yourself a Sun Ultra 3500 with 4 CPU's and Informix 7.30. You'll thank me for it :-) Oh yeah, when you get that bonus for suggesting this architecture to your manager, pass 10% this way :-) (small bills, unnumbered, in a plastic bag) Good luck, Arun