The powers that be in our IT organization have decided
that we should stop running Informix on HP-UX and
start running it on Win-tel servers for cost reasons.
I'm advocating Linux on Intel instead of Windows but I
need to convince the gods that it will be cheaper than
a Win-tel solution of the same caliber.

Assume that I had two identical machines, one loaded
with Windows and one with Linux, and installed
Informix on them.

Which server would I get the most performance out of?
Ease of administration?
Lowest TCO?

Assuming that the Linux solution is going to perform
better how much more machine would it take for a
windows solution to compete.

I've done some research on Google but I wanted to hear
what this communities opinions were? I'm sure that
there will be an overwhelming response for Linux so
I'm interested in testimonials, please.

I want to take an unbiased recommendation to my bosses
so if there are any Windows advocates out there please
speak up.

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DL Redden wrote:

> The powers that be in our IT organization have decided
> that we should stop running Informix on HP-UX and
> start running it on Win-tel servers for cost reasons.
> I'm advocating Linux on Intel instead of Windows but I
> need to convince the gods that it will be cheaper than
> a Win-tel solution of the same caliber.
>
> Assume that I had two identical machines, one loaded
> with Windows and one with Linux, and installed
> Informix on them.
>
> Which server would I get the most performance out of?
> Ease of administration?
> Lowest TCO?

Can't answer for Informix but for Oracle the performance,
security, stability, scalability and cost all favor Linux
by a substantial margin.

--
Daniel Morgan
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DL Redden wrote:

> I want to take an unbiased recommendation to my bosses
> so if there are any Windows advocates out there please
> speak up.

Just as well I read this far before opening my yap.

--
"C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule"
- Coluche

Never done any performance testing although antedotal evidence suggests
Linux is quicker but I would recommend a Linux solution over a Windows
one anyway for these reasons (I am basing my comparison on similar
Win2k/9.30.TC2 and Linux/9.30.UC3 systems we have out in the field):

- The OS purchase is cheaper in the first place and doesn't require any
additional third party software like remote control, virus checking etc.

- There seem to be more bugs in 9.30.TC2, bugs I have never seen in the
*nix versions. In particular there is one where view definitions mess up
and become invalid that I have trouble with.

- The remote support we do is a pleasure with Linux and a pain with
Windows, particularly as a telnet session is so much faster than remote
control software (yes, Windows has telnet too but it's very limited).
This must translate into a lower TCO.

- If you're used to HP, Linux would be a more logical step. More
transferrable skills etc.

- Linux supports raw IO which is very quick. Things like building chunks
on NT/2000 with cooked files can take up to 20 minutes (blink and you'll
miss it with raw IO).

Having said this Windows systems aren't bad and some of the NT/7.31
systems we have work very well and I find them easier to use and
administer than SQL Server on the same platform.

Ben.

Windows is ok for small database with < 20 users.

For everything else Linux is the way to do (for the money) but use suse not
redhat.

Oracle dosn't compare to inforormix for admistration. Is a real pain !!!
(and cost a lot more)

"DL Redden" <redden96@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> The powers that be in our IT organization have decided
> that we should stop running Informix on HP-UX and
> start running it on Win-tel servers for cost reasons.
> I'm advocating Linux on Intel instead of Windows but I
> need to convince the gods that it will be cheaper than
> a Win-tel solution of the same caliber.
>
> Assume that I had two identical machines, one loaded
> with Windows and one with Linux, and installed
> Informix on them.
>
> Which server would I get the most performance out of?
> Ease of administration?
> Lowest TCO?
>
> Assuming that the Linux solution is going to perform
> better how much more machine would it take for a
> windows solution to compete.
>
> I've done some research on Google but I wanted to hear
> what this communities opinions were? I'm sure that
> there will be an overwhelming response for Linux so
> I'm interested in testimonials, please.
>
> I want to take an unbiased recommendation to my bosses
> so if there are any Windows advocates out there please
> speak up.
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online.
> http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
> sending to informix-list