Re: Beginner's Question...

Mark Wiewel wrote: > > Can someone explain the difference between Informix SE and Informix > Online in some simple words? > > We are planning to install an Informix database on our SCO Open Server > 5.0.4. > Any known problems with double processor boards (2x Intel Pentium II > 333Mhz) and a RAID-1 system? > > Any help is appreciated... > Mark SE is a simple system that uses Unix files for storing the database. It is easy to administer but does not recover automatically from failures. It does have transactions. It uses only one processor and is not parallel. Dynamic Server (OnLine) offers fast recovery, raw disk i/o, online backup, parallel operation, more than one CPU, BLOB data and lots of tuning parameters to have fun with. It is faster then SE for lots of users and big databases on multi-CPU boxes. I use SE (on SCO) so my knowledge is not complete. No doubt someone else will give you more information. Welcome to Informix. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions AND the release notes. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/