IDS 10 on IBM z-series

Posted in 2006

Summary

Bob Allan planned to install IDS 10.00 on SUSE Linux on an IBM z-series to replace a 7.31UD4 Sun server near the 4TB limit. Linwood Jarratt said his team chose Intel Linux on cost. Sandor Szabo said no special libraries were needed and IDS 10 should run and scale well on zSeries.

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Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Platform-Specific Issues

BOB ALLAN — Tue, 02 May 2006 19:26:27 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

We are going to attempt to install Informix 10.00 on a IBM 390 (z-series) in a SUSE Linux partition. Has anyone done this and what problems if any encountered. Output from uname -a below Linux 2.6.5-7.97-s390x #1 SMP Fri Jul 2 14:21:59 UTC 2004 s390x s390x s390x GNU/Linux What SUSE libraries do we need? Thanks in advance for input --Bob

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Jarratt, Linwood B. — Tue, 02 May 2006 19:34:03 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

We were going to do the same thing, but decided instead to just use Linux on an Intel box. We discovered the disk space required for us to move to z-series was going to be cost prohibitive. Using intel bases Linux provided us with an average of 50% gains over running Informix on Windows. Lennie > -----Original Message----- > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org]On > Behalf Of BOB > ALLAN > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 2:26 PM > To: ids@iiug.org > Subject: IDS 10 on IBM z-series [6644] > > > > We are going to attempt to install Informix 10.00 on a IBM > 390 (z-series) in a > SUSE Linux partition. > > Has anyone done this and what problems if any encountered. > > Output from uname -a below > Linux 2.6.5-7.97-s390x #1 SMP Fri Jul 2 14:21:59 UTC 2004 > s390x s390x s390x > GNU/Linux > > What SUSE libraries do we need? > > Thanks in advance for input > --Bob > > > ************************************************************** > ***************** > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. >

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BOB ALLAN — Tue, 02 May 2006 20:20:06 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

This install would be to replace our sun E6500 Server that is running 7.31UD4 on it. There is a 4TB limit on the 7.31 release. We have 1025 2GB chunks in 27 dbspaces. I'm not sure that an intel based system would/could support this instance Thanks, --Bob

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Sandor Szabo — Wed, 03 May 2006 13:28:57 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Hi Bob, You should NOT have any issues at all. No special libraries are needed. IDS 10 should be running and scaling excellently on the zSeries Let me know if you have any issues. bye Sandor "BOB ALLAN" <allan_bob@hotmai l.com> To Sent by: ids@iiug.org ids-bounces@iiug. cc org Subject IDS 10 on IBM z-series [6644] 02.05.2006 21:26 Please respond to ids@iiug.org We are going to attempt to install Informix 10.00 on a IBM 390 (z-series) in a SUSE Linux partition. Has anyone done this and what problems if any encountered. Output from uname -a below Linux 2.6.5-7.97-s390x #1 SMP Fri Jul 2 14:21:59 UTC 2004 s390x s390x s390x GNU/Linux What SUSE libraries do we need? Thanks in advance for input --Bob ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.