IDS 9.20 Foundation on RH Linux 6.1-scalability?

Posted in 2000

Topics: Platform-Specific Issues, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

allenj — Tue, 07 Nov 2000 21:00:41 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I have been plunking around w/ IDS 9.20 Foundation on RH Linux 6.1, and need to make a decision whether I want to make this a production database. How well does Linux (with Informix on top of it) scale with additional processors? As well as HP-UX, Solaris, or AIX? If I might throw additional processors at the Linux box, will I be better off to do things on HP-UX? Or, generally speaking, would I get more bang for the buck by going to a better I/O subsystem on the linux box (like RAID10), rather than more processors? Any advice appreciated. Allen

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Brett Randall — Sat, 11 Nov 2000 08:32:52 +1000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

We are about to perform some similar tests and comparisons with RH7/IDS9/Intel server. Brett Randall allenj wrote: > > I have been plunking around w/ IDS 9.20 Foundation on RH Linux 6.1, and > need to make a decision whether I want to make this a production > database. > > How well does Linux (with Informix on top of it) scale with additional > processors? As well as HP-UX, Solaris, or AIX? > > If I might throw additional processors at the Linux box, will I be > better off to do things on HP-UX? > > Or, generally speaking, would I get more bang for the buck by going to > a better I/O subsystem on the linux box (like RAID10), rather than > more processors? > > Any advice appreciated. > > Allen

Glossary

IDS (Informix Dynamic Server)