IBM Informix MaxConnect is a networking product for Informix database server environments on UNIX. MaxConnect manages large numbers (from several hundred to tens of thousands) of client/server connections. MaxConnect multiplexes connections so that the ratio of client connections to database connections can be 200:1 or higher. MaxConnect increases system scalability to many thousands of connections and saves system resources, reducing response times and CPU requirements. MaxConnect is best for OLTP data transfers and not recommended for large multimedia data transfers.
Install MaxConnect separately from your Informix database server and client applications. For maximum performance benefit, install MaxConnect either on a separate computer to which Informix clients connect or on the client application server. You can install MaxConnect in the following configurations:
Two protocols for multiplexing connections, ontliimc and onsocimc, are available for MaxConnect users. You can use the ontliimc and onsocimc protocols in the following two configurations:
In this configuration, the client connections are multiplexed and use packet aggregation.
In this configuration, the client does not get the benefits of connection multiplexing or packet aggregation. Choose this configuration when the client application is transferring simple- or smart-large-object data, because a direct connection to the database server is best.
For more information on how to configure MaxConnect and monitor it with the onstat -g imc and imcadmin commands, see the IBM Informix MaxConnect User's Guide.