Re: INFORMIX WISH LIST

--- On Thu, 26 Jun 1997 15:56:48 -0700 Cosmo Lee <cosmo@echonyc.com> wrote: [snip] >As far as I can tell, the only way to migrate Online data to a new >hardware platform while minimizing downtime is to use a utility which >has logging: Ontape, Onarchive, Onbar. Load the 0-level archive onto >the new machine, then just before you're ready to cut over, bring >succeeding archives to the new machine and roll them forward. > >However, from my point of view, these utilities have a major problem. >They require that the hardware you are migrating to have chunks >configured the *same* as your original platform. And you can't use them if the two boxes have different page sizes... Ciao, Marco ____________________________________________________________________________ Marco Greco <marcog@ctonline.it> rem radioterapia 39 95 447828 fax 446558 Informix-FAQ http://www.iiug.org 4glWorks http://www.ctonline.it/~marcog