Re: 300GB magnetic requirement - can Informix handle it?

steve@sns.com (Dr. J. Steven Harrison) wrote: >"Seth J. Hillman" <sjhillman@tasc.com> wrote: >>I am planning on installing a system that will require 300GB >>of magnetic disk. I am not sure if Informix V5 or 7 will be >>used. Has anyone had experience with this size database? I am >>concerned that Informix will have trouble with the 300 GB's. >> >>If I use V5, I will need to have 8 instances of Informix in >>order to reduce the backup and restore times. If I use V7, I >>assume I can have a single instance. >> >>Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Please send replies to >>sjhillman@tasc.com. >> >>Thanks. >I have architected and installed systems above 1TB using 7 and most >recently 8 as a proof of concept (it was only about 500GB ) >You should have no trouble as long as you have thoroughly thought >through the issues of physical disk partitioning, sizing, bacup, etc. >I would not recommend 5 at all. I had luck with later versions of 6 I would be interested also in what type of systems, hardware, etc. that you are using for these large Informix applications. I have heard for the longest from the Informix 'bashers' that Informix does not have any really large databases in production which I knew wasn't true. Thanks for any info. -- Melvin Mariney, Informix DBA e-mail: melvin.mariney2@bridge.bellsouth.com