Re: Aix Mirroring Vs Informix Mirroring

In <1993May20.144932.24838@ncar.ucar.edu> miker@ncar.ucar.edu (Mike Reetz) writes: >It is my understanding that in 6.0 Online with do reads from both the >primary AND the mirror. Of course this will only work if Online knows >about the mirror...so I think that at least under 6.0 Informix mirroring >would be a better (?) choice. I guess that depends on whethere the kernel mirroring also offers this capability, and how OnLine decides which chunk to read from. It seems to me that the kernel is likely to have more info available to enable it to make a better decision in more cases, whether it actually uses it successfully or not is another matter. graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.