RE: Experience with IDS 7.3/WinNT4/4CPU Compaq

[cutting] > : I am looking for feedback people might have on running a > big NT box with > : IDS vs moving up to a Sun box running Solaris. How solid > is IDS 7.3 on > : a multi-CPU box vs on a Sun box? > > I have an application that's been running on IDS-NT, using > two 2-processor > NT boxes that's run like a freight train for the last year. The same > application running on a 4-way 300-MHZ NT box has been very > reliable. I'm > running 200-500 gigabyte data warehouses on NT boxes with no > reliability > problems. We typically don't have a lot of users (maybe 5-6), > so I can't > address multi-user or scaling concerns, but I'm a big fan of > the NT port. I can't comment on small number of user systems it's not something I know much about, the current system has 600 concurrent users - not many by todays standards but this is on SE5. I don't beleive I could do this with NT :-) Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # If it ain't broke Tel: +44 1463 674729 # Fix it until it is Fax: +44 1463 678729 # www.wfsoftware.com #