Re: NT vs Unix Performance HELP!

Word of advice.. Informix Windows products are a joke.. They don't work well.. They are a pain to configure.. And the Online server for windows nt that we use is a joke.. We have to reboot at least once a day to be able to hit the database remotely.. If I were you I'd try and stick with unix if at all possible.. If they want to see the data in a GUI then charge them to create one.. Pull the data from the database with esqlc and send it to the screen.. In my opinion, Informix windows products are not worth the effort and not worth the loss of performance.. Peter Lancashire wrote: > Randy Klindt wrote: > > > > Anyone have any experience running Online Workgroup Server on both NT > > and Unix (on Intel) and have any comparisons they would like to share? > > I have several customers running Informix SE on AIX and would like to > > move them to a PC platform (I don't necessarily think this is the best > > route but everyone is convinced that they can run everything on PC's and > > if I don't move them to PC's someone will come in and do it for me.) > > I'm talking large databases of 200-300 tables some as big as 17-20 > > million records of 300-400 bytes per record with 9-10 indexes. Largest > > customer only has 30 users. > > > > I would like to get some good responses with pros and cons from either > > solution. Does anyone else feel the same way that I do that PC's and NT > > are not necessarily the best way to go (I'm not knocking NT, I like the > > product, I have an NT Server and 2 IBM RS/6000's) but as an industry are > > being forced into it based upon what executives read in magazines and > > hear from their neighbors? Why does everything have to be graphical > > when a character based app runs well and does the job perfectly and > > fast? > > > > I still like my AIX boxes that run for 100-200 days without being > > rebooted and never require maintainance. I feel this is a great > > solution for my small-medium size customers that do not have a sysadmin > > on staff and I administer their system remotely including their > > databases. > > > > My easiest solution would be to load SCO on a big multiprocessor Pentium > > II machine and move my 4GL code over. The customer thinks the best > > thing to do is run NT and have a graphical front end running on a > > Windows based PC. Is the customer always right. > > > > Any comments and ideas would be great, I would love to share some of > > this information with current customers and (maybe) some future ones. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Randy > If the customer is prepared to pay less for the hardware and a lot more > for the development of a GUI front end to run on a complex and flaky > client, then fine. Just price it up and let them decide. How much is a > GUI appearance worth? Seriously, though, users do find *well-designed* > GUI a lot easier to learn than character-based. > > GUIified character is probably a disaster, although I haven't tried it. > Users expect the mouse to do everthing. > -- > Peter Lancashire > Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc > Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK > Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 > Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk > --- > My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. > Sorry. > All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. > --- > Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.co.uk/ -- Jason Hanks jasonh@bcs.com Baxter Planning Systems