Re: Informix at Walmart

Thanks for the info. That does surprise me a little that they still on version 5.x. Do you know what they are done about data recoverability under version 5.x? The application vendor that was the catalyst for bringing Informix into our shop has not implemeted database logging on their system at any of their installations. We need to provide protection from a loss of data due to a disk drive failure at 5pm on a busy day. Even though this vendor has ported their 4GL code to run with version 7.1x DSA-based online engine, they still have yet to to protect their client's systems from a disk crash. Does anyone have any suggestions for how we can protect ourselves without assistance from this application vendor? Your time and input is greatly appreciated, TBoard. In article <32CD7B4E.7974@healtheon.com>, Samuel Yu <syu@healtheon.com> wrote: >5.x on HP-UX 9.x. >tdboard wrote: >> >> It is my understanding that the retail giant, Walmart, uses Informix RDBMS >> technology. Can anyone tell me which version they are running and on what >> platform? >> >> We have an Informix 7.13 engine running on a RS6000 model R30 with 4 >> processors running AIX 4.1. Right now our peformance is rather good. We are >> concerned about performance as our Informix user base grows. I'm looking for >> some large installations from which to do some informal benchmarking. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> TBoard