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From: Len Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 02:01:12 +0100
>We are using ODBC links to SQL 6.5 for IMail users. Our weensie >little Back Office
>suite allows 15 concurrent SQL connections...
>
>I'd like to help, Tom, but I don't understand: would "weensie" mean
>something sorta like "itty bitty" ?
>
>Len
Well, "itty bitty" it is then. I suppose "eensie weensie" (and its abbreviated form,
"weensie") DO in fact fall outside the common High Tech vernacular (including
published RFC documents). ;-)
Although B.O. is running on a beefy RAID-5, dual-processor server, I now consider the
15-connection SQL license pak included in the bundle to be a potential "weensie"
problem in our system architecture.
I envision 200+ virtual IMail domains on this puppy in a few months, and if no more
than 15 people can be doing their mail thing at a time, then I need to rethink ODBC
vs. "native" IMail before things turn into a self-inflicted "Denial of Service
Nightmare" ("DSN" - mere coincidence?) to our clients.
Certainly the administrative benefits of ODBC/SQL 6.5 are enticing - but if I have to
shell out big bux for SQL licenses (vs. the "free" IMail database), it makes one pause
to ponder. Has anyone had any negative experiences (slow performance or data
corruption) related to the IMail user database, vis-a-vis an ODBC link to SQL Server?
Any advice regarding the viability of a thousand-user IMail system, (living on only 15
concurrent SQL connections) would be appreciated.
Tom H.
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Warp 8, Inc.
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