RE: IBM website Informix pages / Workgroup edition

Isn't this contradictory? From IBM's site (reference below): One area: Informix Dynamic Server V9.4 Workgroup Edition features and attributes include: High availability Point-in-time instance wide restore Table level backup and recovery XBSA support for easy integration of third-party backup tools Supports high-availability clustering solutions Lower down: Function limitations - You may not use the following functions of the program: parallel data query, data partitioning, parallel backup, parallel restore, parallel load, parallel unload, optical disks, Enterprise Replication (ER), High Availability Data Replication (HDR), VML (ability to access more than two GB RAM). Why advertise that it "Supports high-availability clustering solutions" and then say that HDR (Informix's high availability clustering) is restricted? Our salesman told us that we could use HDR, provided that we purchase an additional license for the redundant server... Who's right? --EEM > -----Original Message----- > From: Captain Pedantic [mailto:theharlequin36@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:30 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: IBM website Informix pages / Workgroup edition > > "Captain Pedantic" <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:2mnafjFo13qoU1@uni-berlin.de... > > Is it just me? > > > > Wouldn't you think that one of the *fundamental* things you'd want from > the > > IBM website listing of Workgroup Edition is the restrictions on its use? > But > > is this information available anywhere? Probably, but I'm buggered if I > can > > find it! > > > > My theory on this: the Marketing droids responsible for website are so > > desperate to omit anything they perceive as even slightly "negative" > that > > they leave out stuff that would be genuinely useful, nay critical. > > > > Now someone please direct me to the website section that explains what's > not > > included in WE and show me up for the reactionary old fool that I am! > > Actually, I'm a reactionary old fool, it's buried in the world's longest > web > page at the obviously-named > > http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi- > bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&lettern um > =ENUS204-054#@2h@72@ ! > sending to informix-list

comments in-line. "Everett Mills" <eemills@nationalbeef.com> wrote in message news:ce6d1r$j09$1@news.xmission.com... > > Isn't this contradictory? From IBM's site (reference below): > > One area: > > Informix Dynamic Server V9.4 Workgroup Edition features and attributes > include: > > High availability > > Point-in-time instance wide restore > Table level backup and recovery > XBSA support for easy integration of third-party backup tools > Supports high-availability clustering solutions this means that WGE can be used in conjunction with Veritas like cluster solution. > > Lower down: > > Function limitations - You may not use the following functions of the > program: parallel data query, data partitioning, parallel backup, > parallel restore, parallel load, parallel unload, optical disks, > Enterprise Replication (ER), High Availability Data Replication (HDR), > VML (ability to access more than two GB RAM). > > Why advertise that it "Supports high-availability clustering solutions" > and then say that HDR (Informix's high availability clustering) is > restricted? this means that you can not use HDR for high availability. > Our salesman told us that we could use HDR, provided that > we purchase an additional license for the redundant server... Who's > right? Same here. Few weeks back I was making lot of enquiries about WGE and after confusing replies, finally got what we wanted. (a) WGE can be used on a 4CPU box, same as DB2. (b) HDR can be used with WGE. However one CPU license need to be purchased for the secondary server. Also, the secondary server can not be used for reporting as a load balancing option. Again same as DB2. Note: We are looking for Informix/Db2 Gold Bundle option. Your sales rep can say no to the above two options if only Informix license is purchased.