Re: Informix 7.3, is it stable??

At 08:42 AM 5/7/98 , Art S. Kagel wrote: >Kevin H. Hunt wrote: >> >> Anybody have any opinions on how stable 7.3UC2 is? I have been bitten to many >> times in the past with upgrades to just jump in. >> >> Informix touts that it has been tested and QA has greatly improved at Informix. >> >> Comments??? >> >> Any comments from any one at Informix???? > >We are about to try 7.3UC2 ourselves. Comments from my contacts inside >Informix all boil down to: "IDS 7.3UC2 may be the most stable Informix >product ever." Sounds good. We'll all see won't we. > >Reports from early users also say 7.3UC2 is 15%->50% faster than 7.2x >depending on types of load! Our experiences support this. This so far looks to be the most stable version we've seen come from Informix in a ling time. In tests out of the box (our application with no version specific changes for appl or engine) we saw 18-20% performance improvements in application response times. Jon ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon C. Vemo jon@etcscan.com Database/System Administration Deluxe Payment Protection Systems/SCAN Bothell, WA (425) 489-1120 -----------------------------------------------------------------------