Informix on HP-UX11i

[yc_2]

Hi,

1) What are the versions of Informix supported by HP-UX 11i?

2) Are there any advantages / benefits running Informix on HP-UX over Solaris?

Would appreciate any pointer.


Rgds,
YC

[T G Manikandan]

I browsed and found that informix is not avaiable for hpux 11i.i could see the version supporting 11.0

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/support/plc/

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/roadmaps.html

[Pete Randall]

YC,

We're running IDS 7.31.FD1 and 7.31.FC4 on 11i with no problems. As far as HP-UX vs Solaris, I couldn't really say, but I'm definitely HP prejudiced.


Pete

[Ravi_8]

Hi

Informix 7.31 supported on HP 11i.

I don't see any benifits running on both the platforms,

why do u want to use informix, it's already at the end of the road(since the time IBM bought informix), my advise is to use DB2 or oracle

[Mobeen_1]

YC,
The link below throws some light on the information you are looking for

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=45238

regards
Mobeen

[Mobeen_1]

YC,
On your second part of the question, i am sure folks here will provide you with enough information. But here is a interesting little survey that shows details on all the OS

http://mendel.bio.caltech.edu/www/os_survey_results_brief.html

regards
Mobeen

[Keith Bevan_1]

Hi,

Informix 7.31 (SE,sql csdk) all work with HP/UX 11i.

Keith

[Alex Tsekhansky]

I ran 9.3x and 9.4 FC and HC without any issues.

[Michael Tully]

The current version we use is 9.21 FC5.
No problems runs well and I am 99.99% sure it is supported on 11i

[Steve Lewis]

Not only is it supported, but IBM have even released native compilations for Itanium 2.

They differentiate 11.11 and 11.23 and will supply you with versions for your machine. This includes 4gl, esql/c and the engine.

What appears to be happening to Informix/DB2 is the internal multi-threaded technology of Informix is being built into DB2 and the standard SQL of DB2 is being added to Informix. The two products are slowly merging into one.

I would say that Informix scales really well up to 8 cpus, but any more than that and it spends more time handling its resource locking than executing the SQL. You are better off with a faster processor than more processors.

Solaris systems don't quite have the same cpu horsepower as HP-UX, they make up for it by packing more cpus into the box. So I would say you are better off with HP.

Suns do however have similar i/o capabilities as HP.

We run 9.40, 9.21 and 7.31 on HP-UX 11i (11.11) and 11.00.