Re: Machine for informix
TT asked about a machine for Informix. Obnoxio The Clown suggested a Linux box instead of paying for SCO. TT asked about stability and support. Malcolm Beattie said Linux is stable and listed vendors selling support (HP, Caldera, Red Hat, LinuxCare). CZ said Informix on Linux was very stable but lacked On-Bar and IECC. No single recommendation was settled.
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From: "TT" <tomek@ampr.gliwice.pl> > > I have to choose right machine for informix server. >Situation is exceptional. dabase increases about 150K records every 12 >hours >after what is deleted. >It works about 10 threads which nonstop inserts and updates records. >besides >from this about 20 users works on the same database (very often updating >records). > >Whether you would be able to advise which machine could hold this? (how >much >processors, ram etc..) >and which version of informix would be applicable. >Operating - system: SCO >Preferred hardware: x86 Go with a Penguin Linux box. The money you save on the SCO license can go into more RAM or disk... :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> Go with a Penguin Linux box. The money you save on the SCO license can go > into more RAM or disk... :-) > you think linux is more stable platform from SCO? what about technical support?
In article <QUwq3.178$X3.125@news.tpnet.pl>, TT <tomek@ampr.gliwice.pl> wrote: >> Go with a Penguin Linux box. The money you save on the SCO license can go >> into more RAM or disk... :-) >> >you think linux is more stable platform from SCO? In situations like this with good hardware, a good admin and a single application (database, here), Linux never crashes just like I'd hope that no decent Unix would crash (SCO included, I assume). Stability isn't an issue; it's a given. > what about technical >support? HP sell 24x365 worldwide support for Linux (including HP's Linux applications). Caldera sell pay-as-you-go, call-pack or annual contract support (up to 24x365, 1 hour response). Red Hat sell call-pack or annual contract Linux support. Also, LinuxCare do a "FrontLine" contract (bronze/silver/gold/platinum up to 24x7, SLAs) and "BackLine" (L1 overflow, L2/L3, prioritising/rerouting, knowledgebase) but those aren't as applicable to this situation. So you have a choice of companies to buy your Linux support from. Next question? --Malcolm -- Malcolm Beattie <mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk> Oxford University Computing Services "I permitted that as a demonstration of futility" --Grey Roger
Our company went with Linux (6.0 from RedHat) and I am truly disappointed with Informix for Linux. The inability to use On-Bar, IECC for management, and various other utils make this kind of unsafe to use in mission critical apps. This "eunuch-ed" version is VERY stable, but the lack of some of these utilitiesis irritating in the least. However, I do have to agree with you in regards to the various licensing issues. For the cost of a 20-user Informix (UNIX) license and the SCO license you can build one hell of a Linux box. Then I can run a Quake3 server on there also... : ) -CZ Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7ocda9$3mh$1@news.xmission.com... > > From: "TT" <tomek@ampr.gliwice.pl> > > > > I have to choose right machine for informix server. > >Situation is exceptional. dabase increases about 150K records every 12 > >hours > >after what is deleted. > >It works about 10 threads which nonstop inserts and updates records. > >besides > >from this about 20 users works on the same database (very often updating > >records). > > > >Whether you would be able to advise which machine could hold this? (how > >much > >processors, ram etc..) > >and which version of informix would be applicable. > >Operating - system: SCO > >Preferred hardware: x86 > > Go with a Penguin Linux box. The money you save on the SCO license can go > into more RAM or disk... :-) > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com