Re: DBMS Selection for 500+GB data and 500+ Users

On Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:39:59 GMT Ed Kelley wrote: > >>If you are a DBA, you will love Informix because it requires constant >>tuning! Job Security. > Did he make a mistake here, I think Oracle DBA have more assurance of job security than Informix DBA!! > >>I would advise you talk to your Oracle Sales Consultant and find out the >>truth behind Informix's tall tails that they have the only architecture >>available to handle large DSS. > Ask Oracle Sales Consultant!! I can imagine what the answer is! >Sounds like a sales pitch to me! Sorry, I don't buy it. I am running >an INFORMIX 7.1 database on an AT&T GIS 3555. This server is running 5 >instances of the INFORMIX engine with a total of 250 GB of disk >on-line (almost all full too), 8 90MHz pentium processors and about >300 users in total. We are barely scratching the power in this box. >CPU uitilization rarely goes above 20%. As to constant tuning, I have >adjusted tuning parameters maybe three times in the last 4 months and >that has taken all of 10 minutes. > Talk about being bias. he probably can't even say Informix out loud. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Calvin Ng email: <calvinng@brel.com.sg> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [DISCLAIMER] Read at your own risks. The author is not liable for any consequences directly or indirectly involved with reading this mail. This mail MAY NOT be interpreted as those of my employer's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This mail is sent with the help of Chameleon TCP/IP for Windows. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=