RE: How long do you run between shutdowns

Posted in 1994

"Holly Gordon" — 21 Jul 1994 14:03:08 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Jim Burks said: >We run very large databases 24 hours a day, and do not restart >Unix or Informix OnLine but once a month, except for unscheduled >outages (rare). >Informix OnLine (with a correctly written application) can run longer >than our Unix system. Which made me think that the reason CLSI/GEAC suggests you shut things down probably has little to do with Informix and a lot to do with UNIX-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holly Gordon (hgordon@tsl.texas.gov) | SW--CLSI LIBS100+, Informix Online 4.10 Texas State Library | OS--UNIX system V, release 3.2.0 i386 Austin, Texas | HW--Sequent S27 (386)