Re: Build a new Informix Server - some questions

Posted in 2000

Adam Tauno Williams — Thu, 17 Aug 2000 07:55:33 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>> NT-W2K yields better disk i/o than Linux on a machine like that. >> Running things like OLTP on Linux is not a good idea right now. >> $0.02 >And this you say after extensive testing? >It sounds like _absolutly_ nonsense (ie ########), but I'll assume >you _have_ done testing with "RedHat Enterprise Edition" or >another distro with raw-devices. I've got to agree with the response on this one. We run IDS on a SMP IBM Netfinity with IBM ServerRAID and performance is positively blistering. We had a few hiccups at first, but it has been rock solid for months now. Systems and Network Administrator Morrison Industries 1825 Monroe Ave NW. Grand Rapids, MI. 49505