Re: Re(2): Simulating replication

I work for INFORMIX Romania: Foundation.2000 on Linux (include ER): Price/user = USD 199.00 Assurance/user/year: USD 430.00 So: 9 IFMX servers with ER and 1 year Assurance: USD 5,661.00 Cristian Bucur ----- Original Message ----- From: Sebastian Paul Avarvarei <proteus@romus.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 3:44 PM Subject: Re(2): Simulating replication > Obnoxio The Clown (21.02.2000 17:15): > >From: "Sebastian Paul Avarvarei" <proteus@romus.com> > >> > >>I have this situation: a company has one central site and 8 local > >>offices. They want to upgrade their IT system and use Informix, > >>but the budget is low and they can't afford to buy 9 IFMX servers > >>with ER (not even at 2000 USD/Linux CPU). They mostly need to push > >>data from local offices to center. Locally they could use some > >>small DB (DBF, Delphi, Access, they're open to suggestions). The > >>applications are going to be developed in-house. 24h replication > >>interval is OK. Communication should be done via dial-up or leased > >>line with local ISPs. > >> > >>Can someone help with some suggestions of what can they do? For > >>example I was thinking about a "replication" done by Perl or PHP > >>scripts. > > > >The problem is that you will spend so much time and effort doing this, you > >will probably spend more money than if you just bought something that did it > >for you. > > Well, here in Romania the "brain cost" is cheap. Many times is cheaper > to develop in-house than to buy. It's not natural, but it's Romania :( > (medium programmer revenue is 150 - 250 USD per month; the company has > 2 programmers, so a 5 months project would cost 1,500 - 2,500, money they > have to pay anyway) > > As for replication software, I have an offer, and it's around 10,000 USD > for 9 sites, which is still expensive. If someone can recommend some other > replication software below 5,000 USD for 9 sites, it would be great. > I don't need super-software, junst one who knows to replicate between > IFMX 2000/Linux and IDS Personal Edition (is it still available?), DBF, > Delphi, Access or some other small database system. > > Cheers from Romania, > Sebastian Paul A. > E-mail: proteus@romus.com