Re: Hardware advice please

Neil Truby wrote: > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.1511.1218802863.20610.informix-list@iiug.org... > >>> Unless the databases are enormous, I'd contend that the effort required > to do a hardware migration will not be a significant factor: you already > have to move database version, OS version, move all the data elsewhere.... > > If she sticks to Solaris she can migrate the data with ontape, which > will be by far the quickest. If minimising downtime is paramount HDR > could be used to aid this. > So, migrate using : ontape backup on Solaris under 9.21 Install 9.21 on new Solaris box Restore under 9.21 Do in-place migration to (imminent) 11.50.xC2 (suggestion) Hmmm ... hopefully a complete set of symbolic links is in place for all the chunks to ease re-location as BOUND do be different. Hmmm ... will 9.21 work under the "latest" Solaris - presumably this would be Solaris 10. Myself, I would probably suggest using hpl to remote pipes if speed really is of the essence. That way a complete, nice, new, non-migrated instance Still, what? >>> But then, I'm not really likely to be doing the actual work, am I? :o) > > Me neither, I don't suppose! Mash it up ... (probably trademarked now), and PLEASE don't wrap my software download!