Re: Seeking comments on stability of Informix on various platforms
> Willem Roos wrote: > > I've had enormously funny behaviour with NT on Intel - continously > having > to explain to users why i sometimes takes 5 minutes to connnect to the > > database server and sometimes 1 second, why does process A, a very > simple > select, take so long while process B, that should be slow, is fast.. > > I've found performance to suffer whenever i've had more that 5 users > connected > and i don't believe my installation was that badly configured (i > closely follow > the performance/configuration threads on cdi :-). > > On NT you can't allocate as much shared memory (1 GB or something > similar > seems to ring a bell - does someone have an exact figure). > > We've opted for Unixware on Intel - now performance is OK but > stability is > down the drain. > > What about Solaris on Intel? Just drop the Intel and the rest will become clear. :-) I like Intel, but I couldn't eat a whole one..., er..., I mean I wouldn't run a large business on it. Mind you, I wouldn't run a business on NFS either. ;-) Intel is great for PCs and small servers, but then that applies to NT as well doesn't it? Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock http://www.informix.com |//////// /| | mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |What year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? |/// / ////| | |year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year |// / /////| | |2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year 1900 |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+
I've run Informix (OnLine) side by side on multi-proc Sparc servers and multi-proc Intel "servers" running SCO OpenServer, and both ran fine great. Neither had anything over the other. I paid quite a bit more for the Sparc machine, but then, for me, that's the main difference between running UNIX on Intel vs. RISC. I can get more bang-for-the-buck when running UNIX on Intel. I will say that you should stick with well know peripheral manufacturers when buying SCSI, network, and I/O cards for the Intel platforms. You get what you pay for. This doesn't seem to be a problem with HP, Sun, or IBM. Third party manufacturers don't mess around when selling their wares. I am setting up Informix IDS on UnixWare 7.x. So far so good, and I haven't experienced any performance problems. MoJo Risin -- In article <7u5mea$qet$1@news.xmission.com>, "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > > Willem Roos wrote: > > > > I've had enormously funny behaviour with NT on Intel - continously > > having > > to explain to users why i sometimes takes 5 minutes to connnect to the > > > > database server and sometimes 1 second, why does process A, a very > > simple > > select, take so long while process B, that should be slow, is fast.. > > > > I've found performance to suffer whenever i've had more that 5 users > > connected > > and i don't believe my installation was that badly configured (i > > closely follow > > the performance/configuration threads on cdi :-). > > > > On NT you can't allocate as much shared memory (1 GB or something > > similar > > seems to ring a bell - does someone have an exact figure). > > > > We've opted for Unixware on Intel - now performance is OK but > > stability is > > down the drain. > > > > What about Solaris on Intel? > > Just drop the Intel and the rest will become clear. :-) > > I like Intel, but I couldn't eat a whole one..., er..., I mean I > wouldn't run a large business on it. Mind you, I wouldn't run a business > on NFS either. ;-) > > Intel is great for PCs and small servers, but then that applies to NT as > well doesn't it? > > Cheers, > -- > Mark. > > +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ > | Mark D. Stock http://www.informix.com |//////// /| > | mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |///// / //| > | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| > | |What year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? |/// / ////| > | |year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year |// / /////| > | |2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year 1900 |/ ////////| > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.