Re: AIX vs. NT for Informix Server

> 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. Said he who now scratches his head because he can't increase the size of a mounted and actively used file system that is filling up rapidly. Actually AIX is very fine, stable and easy to use, and since Version 4.2.1 very compatible with all industry standards. (like .so shared libraries) We are very happily running 1,5 Tb of Informix DB's on over 50 AIX boxes, from smallest to large 4x8 CPU 8 Gb RAM 250 Gb DB and growing. Andreas Zeugswetter