NFS vs I-NET: **REVISED**

On Thu, 10 Aug 95 10:08:50 EDT I wrote: > The environment: One database server, 20 (diskfull) workstations. > The application: One (big) Informix application using one (big) Informix > database. Both the application and the database reside on the sever. > > > Which approach would you use (and why): > > 1. Telnet to the server and run the application there. > 2. Use I-NET to access the database and: > a. maintain a copy of the application on each of the workstations > b. use NFS mounting for the application > 3. Use NFS mounting for both the database and the application. > > > I will wait for about a week for responses, and then I promise to post a > message with the results of this little survey. > > Klean > I would like to clarify a few things since it looks like I have been ambiguous in some of my statements: A. The database engine is Informix SE, and there is only ONE database server. B. The goal is to optimize performance (even if it means sacrificing ease of maintance or money). C. With approach #2 EITHER (a) OR (b) can be used. D. Approach #3 requires that the Informix DBMS binaries are also NFS mounted. E. Somebody said that option #3 can not work. Actually this is the way the system works right now. This approach is not supported by Informix, but works if I-NET is running on the database server. Informix's argument for not using this approach is that NFS may mess up file locking. I haven't yet been able to identify such problems. I have received 3 responses so far and as I promised I will post the results in about a week (in case somebody else is interested). Thanks everybody Klean