Re: Question about IDS scalabiltiy

From: "Carlos Bolden" <cbolden1@midsouth.rr.com> > >Here is the problem I am running into: > >We have a system >( NCR WorldMark 5100s -- 32 p166 - 2 gig of ram 800 or so dedicated to >informix ( RESIDENT=1) using KAIO, raid 5 about 200 or so gigabytes ARGH! RAID5?! Nooooooooo.... :-) >dedicated to the database, while this is not optimal it is there for safety >purposes, IDS 7.3UC8 ). We cannot make it do work. We have changed this, I'm sure you'll find out sooner or later that RAID 5 isn't particularly safe, but that's not your main problem right now. >that and the other. We have tuned for this, ran for that and have had not >much success. It seems like somthing is holding it back ( or as the >bossman >would say, the magic smoke is gone ) Well, I'm very happy for him. >Has anyone ever seen anything like this. I know this is a vague >description >but it just won't do any real work. WE have 300 or so process attached to >the database to do work, each one of theses processes open up about 10 to >30 >cursors. We use TopEnd from BEA and a transaction server for this system. How about your onconfig file for a start? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com