Re: Informix Which platform--Unix, NT, Linux?

Our organization has had excellent results with Informix Online 5.x and Dynamic Server 7.3 running with SCO Openserver on uniprocessor Compaq ProSignia and Proliant servers. Kumar Srinivas wrote: > Whatever you do - > - do not run on NT! (there are problems with Informix on NT - I have > had intermittent errors etc. on it) > - do not run on Linux 2.2 kernels (there are problems with IDS on both > Redhat 6.0 and Caldera 2.2 even with the patches etc.) > > Both 2.0.36 and SCO platforms work well though. > My suggestion is to go with a Unix platform - Informix screams (really > does well) on any of the Unix platforms. > SCO has one advantage though - it comes with Veritas file system > - no long fsck > - logging-based file system > > John Lederer wrote: > > > I work for a medium sized law firm (120 seats). > > > > We are buying a new time and blilling /accounting system, which uses Informix as > > its database. We currently have NT workstations, Novell servers, and a handful > > of Linux IP servers (DNS, LDAP, etc). I have tried to avoid becoming a > > Microsoft shop. > > > > We are going to have decide what to run Informix on,. The vendor tells me that > > for firms our size they recommend, for running it on NT, a 4 processor box > > with 1 GB or ram and 20Gb of disk in Raid. I sounds suspiciously high end to > > me, but that is their recommendation on NT. > > > > In any event we are going to have deicde whether to run it on Linux, NT, or a > > Unix, and buy the hardware and OS. > > > > Would you be so kind as to give me any thoughts on advanatges/disadvantages of any of the platroforms that relate speciifically to > > Informix. I know general plusses and minuses of each, but I don't know anything about Informix. > > I would be particularly interested in the thoughts of anyone who switched from > > one platform to another and why. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > John Lederer