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Really Simple question: Which is Better 7.24 or 7.3 but I need good answers!!!

Posted in 1999

Topics: General Discussion

Carlos Bolden — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hello all, I have a really simple question but I need some in depth answers. Which is better 7.24 or 7.3. Handling cusory routines ( that is opens one cursor and then another and using one curosr to return data to the other ) Data thoughput once in the buffer cache? Managability? Just the pro's and cons on 7.24 vs 7.3 Right now we run 7.24uc5, and I HATE the release. I need a good reason press for 7.3. One last one: Which is better to run informix on sun or HP.

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Markus Holzbauer — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Carlos Bolden wrote: > snip > > Just the pro's and cons on 7.24 vs 7.3 PRO 7.3: Alter Fragment Attach/Detach enhancements In-place Alter Table Modify/DropOncheck enhancements Restartable restore (see "Backup and Restore Guide") External backup/restore (see "Backup and Restore Guide") Optimizer directives Select first 'n' rowsOrdered merge Memory resident tables Correlated subquery enhancements Keyfirst index scan Other selected performance enhancements The CREATE VIEW statement now includes UNION . . . > > Right now we run 7.24uc5, and I HATE the release. I need a good reason > press for 7.3. > > One last one: Which is better to run informix on sun or HP. HP has no /proc-Filesystem, no truss, no sar -r, no /dev/zero, ..... SUN has a /proc-Filesystem, truss, sar -r, /dev/zero...... and most of all, there is more Software available. Markus

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Greg — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Carlos Bolden wrote: > snip... > > One last one: Which is better to run informix on sun or HP. Sun. Not even close. Because Solaris is vastly superior to HP-UX.

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Sean P. Galvin — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Although both Solaris / Sun OS and HP-UX are both primary ports I find Solaris a little better to work with. In addition I believe that most people within Informix tend to use Solaris during the development hence they are more familiar with it. As a result of this you are not going to get as many porting issues as you might with HP-UX. The only thing that I can say in HP-UX's favour is that it does have a Logical Volume Manager which can if used correctly be useful at times. Regards Sean Greg wrote in message <36C49554.3F05@cyberramp.net>... >Carlos Bolden wrote: >> >snip... >> >> One last one: Which is better to run informix on sun or HP. > >Sun. Not even close. Because Solaris is vastly superior to HP-UX.