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IDS 9.4 VMWare and SAN

Posted in 2010

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Storage & Space Management, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

BRETT SIMPSON — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

First off I know 9.4 is old and no longer supported. I am trying to convince my company to upgrade to the latest IDS 11 and not go to SQL server (sigh...) we currently have 9.4 on suze 8 with a dedicated external disk array and raw chunks. I have been told to evaluate 9.4 with VMWare and SAN storage. What is the best way (and fastest) way to access chunks on a SAN ? thanks

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Art Kagel — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Be very careful to test this thoroughly. There have been serious performance problems reported using SAN storage for databases on VMWare. There is a White Paper at IBM with some tips and help and I know that IBM and VMWare were working together to determine the bottlenecks and relieve them since I last tested this (about 18 months ago). I have not seen the same problems with Sun Solaris or AIX LPAR system partitioning, however, only with VMWare. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:01 PM, BRETT SIMPSON <brett.simpson@actrol.com.au>wrote: > First off I know 9.4 is old and no longer supported. > I am trying to convince my company to upgrade to the latest IDS 11 and not > go > to SQL server (sigh...) > > we currently have 9.4 on suze 8 with a dedicated external disk array and > raw > chunks. > > I have been told to evaluate 9.4 with VMWare and SAN storage. > > What is the best way (and fastest) way to access chunks on a SAN ? > > thanks > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --0016361e7c680959310495220f0c

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