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From: pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP (840033@G.Pavlov)
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Subject: Re: Informix for MS DOS question
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Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 09:35:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  4 09:35:41 1987
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In article <332@hafro.UUCP>, gunnar@hafro.UUCP (Gunnar Stefansson) writes:
> 
> Has anyone out there tried Informix on an ordinary IBM PC/XT running
> MS DOS ?  We are particularly interested in the performance of such a
> system -- i.e.  can the PC handle Informix, or is an AT really
> needed. 

In the last issue, Digital Review reported on an extensive set of benchmarks
comparing micro versions of Ingres, Informix, and Oracle.  Ingres "won" the 
large majority of the "tests" and Oracle did very poorly.  Informix was some-
where in-between.

From my own experience with micro-Ingres (and several of the pc-oriented dbms's
such as DBASE III), I would recommend a PC only if the applications are severe-
ly limited in size (e.g., tables limited to 500 recs or less; 3-way joins max).

RTI (Ingres developer) recommends AT-class micros only.

  greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny