RE: Informix IDS on Linux

Posted in 2000

Bhaskarla, Sunil — Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:16:49 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Informix will run fine, but the OS itself is quite new and lacks of full device support and comes with bugs. I'd prefer SCO on x86. just my $0.02 mailto:sunil@intelus.com |-----Original Message----- |From: Ortiz Manuel [mailto:mortiz@gtireecu.com] |Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 5:36 PM |To: Informix-List (E-mail) |Subject: Informix IDS on Linux | | |Hi, | |We are planning to install a 4GL application that actually run |with Informix |Online 5.02 under SCO Unix 3.2.4 in over 15 servers. In order to reduce |costs we are thinking in install the application but using |Linux instead of |SCO and Informix IDS 7.3 instead of Online. | |Does Linux work better than SCO Unix with 4GL and Informix? | |I'v heared about problems with Linux and Informix related to |raw devices. | |Thanks | |Manuel Ortiz |mailto:mortiz@gtireecu.com |