Re: Informix on NT platform - Impact of 100 to 400+ Users

In article <3328780f.42209243@gate.idg.no>, Nils Myklebust <Nils.Myklebust@idg.no> writes >"Rob Culhane" <gsdrtc1@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > >Just to add some long term perspective to the discussion it might be >interesting for people to check out >http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/BARC/ Thanks for the info. >which contains lots of information on what Microsoft (and several >others) are doing in large scale computing. Particularly Jim Gray's >page (at http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/barc/Gray/) is >interesting. >You may be surprised. Studying it a little you will also see that this >is to a large extent on a research level yet. >Some of it is however implemented by Informix in the form of their XPS >database and the Universal Server. These are available on Unix now, >but will also be ported to NT. Yes, I am quite sure even XPS will be >available and viable on NT, but it may take some time. > >Interestingly there is also a paper where Michael Stonebraker is one >of the authors. It's on the NASA Erth Observing Project on how to >implement pentabyte (1000 Terabyte) databases (proposing to use Unix >as the base OS of course). This is the contract Informix is now Now that would be fun to tune!!! Getting some REAL large data involved. The largest DB I have heard of was an Or*cle one of 96Tb. It's about time we moved up to a larger scale. >somehow involved with. Check out: >http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/barc/Gray/EOS_DIS/default.htm > >Otherwise Microsoft has also released their own TP mointor (Viper) and >are doing other more near term things that *might* make NT more viable >for larger installations. This is *not* and indorsment of NT or >Microsoft enterprice type products, just that one shouldn't discount >them as easily as Detroit discounted the Japanese auto manufacturers >several years ago. > > >Nils.Myklebust@idg.no >NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway >My opinions are those of my company >The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org -- David Williams