Justifying an upgrade

Posted in 2000

Topics: Performance & Tuning, Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Server Administration

Carlson@WHSmith — Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:51:00 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I've been tasked with listing the pros of an Informix upgrade. Currently we're on 7.30.uc7 and I'm planning to at least upgrade to 7.31, hopefully to IDS2000. Management would like to view some benefits on paper, so I get to think like management for a bit instead of a techie. Here are some pros that I've come up with: 1) Free upgrade (if going to IDS2000) 2) Increased performance. 3) Support for current platform ending 12/2000. 4) Most recent version incorporates all bug fixes. 5) Upgrade allows company to keep up with newer technology. Any others? I'm actually having to think a bit out of the box here; as a techie, I've always assumed that upgrades are great. Thanks in advance! -- John Carlson Informix DBA WHSmith USA #include std_disclaimer.h /* These are my opinions, not my company's opinion */

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Art S. Kagel — Mon, 03 Jul 2000 08:39:35 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

"Carlson@WHSmith" wrote: > > I've been tasked with listing the pros of an Informix upgrade. > Currently we're on 7.30.uc7 and I'm planning to at least upgrade to > 7.31, hopefully to IDS2000. Management would like to view some benefits > on paper, so I get to think like management for a bit instead of a > techie. Here are some pros that I've come up with: > > 1) Free upgrade (if going to IDS2000) > 2) Increased performance. > 3) Support for current platform ending 12/2000. > 4) Most recent version incorporates all bug fixes. > 5) Upgrade allows company to keep up with newer technology. 6) New features not available in 7.30. (both) 6a) 7.31 features ANSI syntax improvements Non-logging tables Rename Index command Communication buffer pool improvements (IFX_NETBUF_*) 6b) IDS.2000 features Function indexes Multiple index filtering User Defined Indexing New built-in types: Boolean, SERIAL8, INTEGER8, BLOBS & CLOBS UDTs OO features 7) Vastly improved replication performance and reliability (both). 8) Lightweight checkpoints improve concurrency and throughput (partial in 7.31 completed in IDS.2000). 9) UDFs in 'C' or Java are a quantum improvement over stored procedures in performance, capability and flexibility (IDS.2000). > Any others? I'm actually having to think a bit out of the box here; as > a techie, I've always assumed that upgrades are great. Art S. Kagel