Re: SCO Open Server and Informix 7.3 - How far can I go with this platform??

On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 14:18:57 -0400, Paul <wdlewis@erols.com> wrote: >I am running SCO 5.0.4 on a Dual XEON 500's 512cache with 512Mb Ram and 6 >(10K Rpm) 4.5Gs SCSI drives, 1 DAT and 1 DLT IV tape drives, and (2)Intel >PRO100+ NIC's and am using Infx IDS 7.30 I avg about 50 -65 users. I am also >running am simular suite of apps (order mgmnt./warehouse mgmnt and financials. >I also have (<20) ODBC connections to the Infx server. My server platform is a >Gateway ALR8200. I have had NO problems with this config (I avg about 40% >utilization for about 16hrs a day, 5 days a week). This sysytem rarely (1-2x >/mnth) has problems. > I did experience MANY problems on my IBM NETFINITY7000's (Quad P-PRO200's, >712MbRam,14 - 4.5Gb SCSI drives), in fact the last crash finnally persuded >managemnt to dump that piece of trash....!! We now have double the load on our >1 Gateway ALR with a huge performance increase. > >It would be nice to have ALL of the IECC tools available for SCO..... It is a >little frustrating to go to Informix training and be told about all of the >utilities/tools available - except on SCO! We just received 7.31 this week, >and were informied by our software vendor that we should be thinking about >moving to Unixware... > SCO tech support came through. The problem was my server has 4 gig of memory. SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 was allocating too many PLOWBUFS in the 16mb area due to the large memory. Even setting PLOWBUFS to 1% caused too much memory usage in that 16mb area. They supplied me with a new memory manager from their 5.0.6 kernal which has solved the problem. The company we bought our Informix apps from is not recommending Unixware, they claim it has problems with the volume manager and Informix - corrupt data. I would love to find a premier Intel UNIX OS that was well supported by Informix. Gary Quiring