Re: HP N class and 64-bit Informix general question

From: Simon Barber <beaker@century.demon.co.uk> > >I am about to move our Informix application and DBMS from HP K-series >(HP-UX 10.20) to the new HP N4000 machines running 64-bit HP-UX 11.00, >and I'd be very grateful for any pointers/gotchas that might be lurking. You can't use shared memory connections from 4GL to IDS. There may be a performance implication. >The application is all character based I4GL, version 7.20.UE6 and the >IDS engine is currently 7.31.UC4 and the main reason for moving to the >new box is to support a company acquisition and the very attractive >price/performance of the N-class (as opposed to upgrading the K460). > >Also, could Onbar (or other product) be used to move the data from the >old machine, i.e. does it need the new layout (dbspaces, chunks, etc) to >be the same as the old one. If you want to change the chunks and spaces, your best bet is to dbexport -ss the old database, set up your new chunk structure, edit the databasename.sql from the export accordingly and then dbimport. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com