Re: Q: Mirroring - what is the better way

In article <19971112051101.AAA17902@ladder02.news.aol.com>, VFraenkle <vfraenkle@aol.com> writes >I have heard many different statements about mirroring. The one say >"You allways have to use OS mirroring" - the other say "It is better to >belive in INFORMIX mirroring". > >An here is my final question, now: > >INFORMIX build in mirroring vs OS mirroring, what is the better way and why? > >Thank you, Volker > According to the person at Informix UK Training who gave my Performance Tuning course....there is no difference. Mirroring is mirroring. YOu have to remember some OS's do not including OS mirroring. On these machines Informix mirroring is the only choice. I suspect Informix only developed their mirroring because OS's at the time did not include mirroring... -- David Williams