Re: Shutdown a instance from time to time ???

Posted in 1997

Ian Goddard — Fri, 14 Mar 1997 23:55:14 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Rudy Fernandes wrote: > > In article <33263256.7C60@netcomuk.co.uk>, > Ian Goddard <igoddard@netcomuk.co.uk> wrote: > >Rudy Fernandes wrote: > >> > ><SNIP> > >> > >> There is no documented reason to bring down ONLINE on a periodic > >> basis. (but, don't you want to tinker around :-) ?) > > > >On a production system?....NO! > > > >Ian > I may have smiled when I ask that question, but I was half-serious. > There is simply no better way of finding out the effect that a parameter > change will have on your production system, than by applying it on your > production system. In some cases, there is NO OTHER WAY! > Have to? Yes. Want to? No. Ian