Re: Informix std engine and nfs on SCO unix (PROBLEMS)

Posted in 1995

Vincent DiBernardo — 7 Sep 1995 00:48:03 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Ray Kaminski wrote: } Please feel free to correct me if I am mistaken. We have been told by } informix that C-ISAM in not supported over nfs. It appears to work at } times but will eventually crash and burn. We do not use INFORMIX SE (only } ONLINE) but it is my understanding that SE is C-ISAM based. If this is } true then one could come to the conclusion that NFS is a no no for Informix } SE. } } Ray Kaminski } Senior Software Engineer } Bi-Tech Software } } This message brought to you by the letter K and the number 9. } . } If you are running a database application over NFS are you prone to heavy locking problems?