Re: Running Informix and Oracle on the same Unix box

Posted in 1998

Arun Shastry — Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:12:46 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Last time we tried to that we ran into tough waters and had to abort. The two engines need different kernel parameters, and they also have memory conflicts. Most importantly, find out if you'll be able to tech support from either one of them in this kind of a situation :-) (more political than technical) Arun Vic Goldberg wrote: > Folks -- > > For various and sundry reasons, we're going to try to run both > an Informix instance and an Oracle instance on the same AIX 4.3 box. > We'll be running Informix 7.3, and Oracle 7.2.2.3. > > Are there any gotchas that we should know about? My guess is > that the biggest problem would be shared memory conflicts - any > thoughts? > > TIA. > > Vic > > -- > Vic Goldberg > Manager, DBA Team, > Acting Manager, Technical Integration > Cornell University > (607) 254-7441 (Voice) (607) 255-6982 (Fax)