RE: informix server information

[cutting] > >>What Os platform would be the best for this server ? > >Difficult to tell. Lots of batch work generally implies Unix, and Sun, HP >and IBM all have pitches to sell. Depends on how heavy the load is. If it's >elatively minor, go for a grunty PC with Linux. > >This week, I have been mostly using Sun servers. (One for our UK audience) >And I'm a bit underwhelmed. I'm also a bit underwhelmed by HP. And I've been >told that IBM's SMP is dreadful. So I guess you'd have to benchmark. [cutting] Being in the unfortunate position of being on the same site at the moment ... WRT to the Sun Servers, IMHO you couldn't configure hardware worse than than this setup. It had the SUN PS guys nearly in tears Paul Watson # WFSoftware Ltd # If it was easy Tel: +44 1436 674729 # everybody could it Fax: +44 1436 678693 # do it www.wfsoftware.com/informix #