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Re: IDS clients on 7.31??

Posted in 2007

Topics: Storage & Space Management, Platform-Specific Issues, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

John Ballentine — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

mark.scranton@gmail.com <mark.scranton@gmail.com> wrote: > Just want to take a quick survey...how many of you are still running > IDS 7.31? I know that clients on 7.31 are running into a number of > "challenges" as the engine size(s) continue to grow, including extents > reduction, index bloating, etc... Building scripts to help one client > currently with those types of issues, and am wondering how many > clients have or will have the same needs. > Thanks - > Mark. I'm running multiple instances of 7.31.x on HP-UX 11.00 to 11.23, with one DB above ~30GB. Looking at 10, probably won't hit 11 for a few years... JOhn

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Fernando Nunes — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

John Ballentine wrote: > mark.scranton@gmail.com <mark.scranton@gmail.com> wrote: >> Just want to take a quick survey...how many of you are still running >> IDS 7.31? I know that clients on 7.31 are running into a number of >> "challenges" as the engine size(s) continue to grow, including extents >> reduction, index bloating, etc... Building scripts to help one client >> currently with those types of issues, and am wondering how many >> clients have or will have the same needs. > >> Thanks - >> Mark. > > I'm running multiple instances of 7.31.x on HP-UX 11.00 to 11.23, with one > DB above ~30GB. > > Looking at 10, probably won't hit 11 for a few years... > > JOhn > "years"? Because you don't want to, or why? I would not jump into production with Cheetah today, but "years" seem too much! Regards. -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...

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