Re: Speed of writing on NT/SCO

From: Vic Matskiv <vic@post.crimea.ua> > >I've got two identical machines with different Informix/OS'es > the first is OnLine 7.23/NT, > the second is OnLine 7.20/SCO OpenServer 5.0 >Their dbspaces are both located in cookie files. >After creating identical databases and table (~30000 records) I do the >following: > select * from ... ;>Both Informix servers cope with statement above approximately equally. >After that I run the series of update/insert operators. >And what I can see is SCO processes the statements ~10 times faster the >NT. > >I clearly know SCO to be a more robust than NT, but I can't believe in >SUCH a difference! >And unfortunately I really have to use both NT and SCO! I'd be interested to see what happened if you used RAW disk on the SCO box... :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com