Re: ontape Info

Posted in 2004

Abanero — 24 May 2004 02:46:53 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Gentsch, Sam" <Sam.Gentsch@polycom.com> wrote in message news:<c8lbcd$jvc$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > Hmm, I am wondering if there is a terminology issue here. > > Informix instances can have more than one DB. > Oracle instances have only one DB. > > (At least that is what they said in the Oracle DBA 101 class I went to > years ago...so be kind if I am wrong) > > But you can also have multiple instances of Informix on the same box. > Meaning multiple shared memory structures, different > onconfigs/servernames...egads this is hard to explain in an email. > > Abanero, is this making sense? > Do you have one Informix instance (memory, onconfig etc) with multiple > DB's in it, or do you have > multiple instances that each have their own collection of databases, etc > in it? Hi all, Thanks to all for time spend on my question. I have a multiple DB on one istance. Abanero.