Considering Your Environment

Before you start the initial configuration of your database server, collect as much of the following information as possible. You might need the assistance of your system administrator to obtain this information:

• The host names and IP addresses of the other computers on your network
• Does your UNIX platform support the Network Information Service (NIS)?
• The disk-controller configuration

  How many disk drives are available? Are some of the disk drives faster than others? How many disk controllers are available? What is the disk-controller configuration?

• What are the requirements, features, and limitations of your storage manager and backup devices?

  For more information, see the IBM Informix Storage Manager Administrator's Guide or your storage-manager documentation.

• Do you need to upgrade the hardware and operating system? Is your operating system 32-bit or 64-bit?
• Operating-system shared memory and other resources

  How much shared memory is available? How much of it can you use for the database server?

UNIX only: The machine notes file indicates which parameters are applicable for each UNIX platform.