RE: server configuration

You left out DIGITAL {DEC} now COMPAQ ... Sure there are others, but these are the 4 big ones. We all agree of the smelly brown stuff. -----Original Message----- From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:45 PM To: olivier_g71@hotmail.com; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: server configuration From: "informix new user" <olivier_g71@hotmail.com> > >i'm a new informix user :-) > >my firm will buy ME an informix server for ids2000 >And i can choose... > >which simple advice can you give to me ? > >number of harddrive, processor, internal memory, tape device type ... The more harddrives, the better, is rule number one. The more CPUs, the better is rule number two. The more memory, the better, is rule number three. What will the server be used for? How many users, what sort of work, how much data? The tape drive selection depends on how much you have to back up. If it's just for personal use or a relatively small user base, a PC running Linux will be fine, if you're going to be running a couple of hundred users, look to HP, IBM or Sun (in any order :-) NT is (still) a pile of smelly brown stuff, and there isn't a W2K port yet. And that's probably just going to have a slightly lighter hue. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.