Re: BaaN: 3-tier

Daniel, As usual in real live both are right. One can implement the 3-tier solution based on baan's C/S between application server and database server or use the native database C/S solution (I-Connect for Informix, is this an extra product or part of the standard server distribution). With Baan's C/S extra baan software is loaded on the database server and needs to maintained (Baan's database driver). This uses extra CPU resources on the DB-server and less on the application server. With DB-native C/S the database server is reserved only for the database, and Baan's database driver runs on the application server connecting via I-Connect across the network to the database server. Normally the database server is the most performance critical entity in our environment, so the choice is obvious. Sizing information for BaanERP is now days only represented for native C/S. Your technical baan sales consultant should be able to explain this in depth, for this is VERY basic. As far as i'm informed Baan IVc3 is old. One should install Baan IVc4, this release contains a large number of fixes (also on performance). Success, Erik disclaimer: The above remarks are my own opinion and should be verified with authorized Baan consultants. Daniel Willems <spamwillemsspam@soudal.com> wrote in message news:8ggajb$25k$1@news0.skynet.be... > Hello, > > We are planning to install BaaN on a Unix machine with an Informix database > as a 3-tier solution. > > BaaN = IVc3 > Informix = 7.31 > > Informix is telling us that the 3-tier configuration is done in BaaN > BaaN is telling us that Informix has to delever extra software to do this > Who is correct? > > Has anybody done this before? > > -- > *** remove spam twice when replying *** > >