"Gentsch, Sam" <Sam.Gentsch@polycom.com> wrote in message news:<c8lbcd$jvc$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>...
> Hmm, I am wondering if there is a terminology issue here.
>
> Informix instances can have more than one DB.
> Oracle instances have only one DB.
>
> (At least that is what they said in the Oracle DBA 101 class I went to
> years ago...so be kind if I am wrong)
>
> But you can also have multiple instances of Informix on the same box.
> Meaning multiple shared memory structures, different
> onconfigs/servernames...egads this is hard to explain in an email.
>
> Abanero, is this making sense?
> Do you have one Informix instance (memory, onconfig etc) with multiple
> DB's in it, or do you have
> multiple instances that each have their own collection of databases, etc
> in it?

Hi all,

Thanks to all for time spend on my question.
I have a multiple DB on one istance.

Abanero.