Yeah we have in the past looked at Linux, Before I started here, and the
problem is that no one here has enough knowledge on Linux, and it was
decided that it would be too hard to maintain with clients over the phone as
we sometimes have to.
There is a REAL resistance to it here, and also from some of our
clients....so...

Cheers, Jeremy Coulter

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Nic Wise
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:41 AM
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Subject: RE: [DUG]: IB 5.6


I would also think seriously about the Linux thing too - I'm serious about
the performance difference - one of our sites ("our" in the loosest sense of
the word - we just sold them IB, not developed the app they run over it) had
a network and system crash, and their IB server (NT) got nuked. They got it
back up enough to get the GDB file off, and they stuck it on a Linux box
with 1/2 the processing power (going from NT with dual PII 450's / 512meg
RAM to Linux w/ single PII 450 / 512meg RAM), and it performed identically
under the same load.

Should just how BAD windows' VM management and task scheduling is!

N

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Jerermy Coulter
> Sent: Monday, 17 July 2000 10:32
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: IB 5.6
>
>
> OOHHH ....!!!
>
> WELL...we will have to implement it !
>
> Thanks for that !
>
> Jeremy Coulter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Nic Wise
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:26 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: IB 5.6
>
>
> Jeremy,
>
> you should, under no circumstances that I know of, be using 5.5. It has a
> BIG bug in it that makes the server crash when it tries to sweep the
> database.
>
> Needless to say, this is NOT good.
>
> Get 5.6 - AFAIK its a free upgrade. Better yet, get 5.6 for Linux - not a
> free upgrade tho - as it runs about 1.5-2x the speed of NT,
> especially under
> load.
>
> Nic.
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> Nic Wise - [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Inprise/Borland New Zealand
> main line: 09.360.0231 / ddi: 09.360.6713 / cell: 021.676.418
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
> Sent: Monday, 17 July 2000 10:22
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: IB 5.6
>
>
> Hi all.
> Just wondering, does anyyone use IB 5.6 ?
> We use 5.5, and have for a while, and the other day I got a CD that had IB
> 5.6 on it.
> Is the diff. between them worth upgrading too ??
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Jeremy Coulter (Software Development Team Leader)
> Triton Commercial Systems
> 6A Burdale Street
> Riccarton
> Christchurch
> ( +64 3 3483973  Fax +64 3 3431613
> http://www.tritoncomsys.com
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