Re: Beginner's Question...

Posted in 1998

Jonathan Leffler — Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:53:25 -0700 (PDT) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Mark Wiewel wrote: > Can someone explain the difference between Informix SE and Informix > Online in some simple words? SE is very simple to install and manage. OnLine is not so simple to install and manage. SE databases are (typically) backed up with the rest of the o/s; you'd better be sure no-one is using while you back it up otherwise you get inconsistent data if you have to restore the database. OnLine databases can be backed up while the database is busy and you get a coherent data image to work with. SE gives reasonable performance, especially on smaller systems. OnLine gives superior performance, especially on bigger systems. > We are planning to install an Informix database on our SCO Open Server > 5.0.4. Any known problems with double processor boards (2x Intel Pentium > II 333Mhz) and a RAID-1 system? Not that I know of. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com) #include <witticism.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- http://www.perl.com/CPAN Informix IDN for D4GL & Linux -- http://www.informix.com/idn