Re: Informix Online on IBM Netfinity

Posted in 1999

Topics: Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

Obnoxio The Clown — Fri, 16 Apr 1999 13:34:16 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>we want to buy an IBM Netfinity 5500 M20 (2 PIII Xeon) and run >Online 5.02.UC6 on it under SCO-UNIX 3.2v5.0.5. > >Has anybody run this constellation? > >I've read in this Forum about troubles with Informix and RAID. Is it so? > >Any warnings, considerations and/or comments >a greatly appreciated RAID sucks, more particularly RAID5. Avoid like the plague. Why OnLine5? Why not IDS 7.31? OnLine5 is not the mainstream any more. But apart from that, no serious qualms. FWIW. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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Art S. Kagel — Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:38:12 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > >we want to buy an IBM Netfinity 5500 M20 (2 PIII Xeon) and run > >Online 5.02.UC6 on it under SCO-UNIX 3.2v5.0.5. > > > >Has anybody run this constellation? > > > >I've read in this Forum about troubles with Informix and RAID. Is it > so? > > > >Any warnings, considerations and/or comments > >a greatly appreciated > > RAID sucks, more particularly RAID5. Avoid like the plague. RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 RAID10 This subliminal message brought to ou by: Art S. Kagel

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IDS (Informix Dynamic Server)