cjdb@ellis.uchicago.edu (Charles Blair) (11/12/90)
We're running a large database on an Amdahl 5860 under MVS/XA. Our largest file is bigger than a gigabyte, and growing. The whole system occupies 6 or 7 gigabytes of 3380 disk. Several hundred users access the database daily; response time for a typical query is slightly under a second. The system uses a PL/I host interface to the Model 204 database manager. The question came up whether systems of this size have been ported to run under Unix successfully. For us, "success" would primarily be measured in terms of response time -- keeping it as low as it is now. Any pointers to such systems? What database manager was used? (I don't know if this has been discussed before in this group.) -- Bitnet: pmrcjdb@uchimvs1 Internet: cjdb@midway.uchicago.edu
zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane) (11/13/90)
Have a chat with your local Amdahl sales person about UTS 2.1 Itcan support vary large files and has a number of database management systems available - such as Ingres, Oracle, Tuxedo, Infomix plus others. We run UTS but no database applications at the moment. -- Geoff. Lane. Janet: zzassgl@uk.ac.mcc.cms UTS Sys Admin, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL