Re: Need Advise/Suggestions

} rtcrow@ix.netcom.com (Steven Ray Lane - Rain Tree Crow) writes: } > Parekh parekh@hk.linkage.net wrote: } > Our platform is Sun-Sparc-20 with Solaris-2.4. } } > Size of Data is not very much(Less Than 100M) but main importance is } > about: } > Gateways to Mainframes like IBM/Unisys machines, } > Reliability, } > Speed (After expansion to Sun-Sparc-1000/2000 & upto 4 cpu & one } > or more servers for Web/Database), } > Query's are very simple but they will in very large volume. } } With the research I have been doing in the last couple of months, I have } narrowed my choices to Oracle7 and Informix. If it is reliablity you are } concerned about, I would definitely go with Oracle. I have been working } with Oracle for the past 6 years and have found it to be one of the most } reliable databases out there. I have only worked with Informix for a } short time, but from what I could find out with my research, they appear } to have a very good kernel that is capable of handling the kind of load } you are talking about. When you have worked with Informix for some more time, you'l surly find it at least equally reliable, as many people on this list will know. I have over 10 years of experience with several customers and never had a need to reload from a backup, ever... As Netscape has terminated it's agreement with Oracle and made a new one with Informix, I think you will be able to benefit from both several top products both from Netscape and others, and a general high level of activity around internet, the web and usages of Informix databases. We are among those who will do extensive work here to comercialize the Internet (without hurting neither its freedom, nor free usage). } I'm just not sure about the ability of Informix to connect to your other } systems ( IBM/Unisys ). I know that Informix has a DRDA gateway...and } I think that is the exent of their gateways. I know that Oracle has } several gateways to other machines and databases. Also not sure, others may know about products. But you may want to spesify wheter you intend to set up a direct online connection from the web or only load data into Informix from IBM/Unisys. } } I hope this helps. If you would like more info, please e-mail me directly. } } } } Steven Ray Lane } } "Being Miserable Builds Character" } - Bill Watterson } } "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" } - Mark Twain } } "The wounds on your hands never seem to heal, } thought all I needed was to believe" } - David Sylvian } }>>> Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM-data, Dalsbergstien 7, N-0170 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company