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New IDS 11 eBook

eherber — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:21:50 +0200

New IDS 11 eBook

The IBM Database Magazine offers a new free eBook for download. The eBook is written by Informix guru Lester Knutsen from Advanced DataTools and covers the IDS sysmaster database.

Just click on the graphic below, you might need to register in order to download the eBook:

Additional information about the IDS sysmaster database can found here:

A whole bunch of new Informix articles

eherber — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:40:51 +0200

A whole bunch of new INFORMIX articles

During the last 3-4 weeks a whole bunch of interesting new articles about INFORMIX technology has been published on IBM developerWorks.

First of all I like to promote the article about IDS/Linux/Xen written by my friend Martin Fuerderer (IBM IDS development group Munich/Germany) and Nicole Neubuerger (student at the University of Applied Sciences Munich). The article provides a great overview about IDS running on Linux in a Xen virtual machine:

Two interesting Informix Blogs

eherber — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:29:53 +0200

Two interesting Informix Blogs

The following two blogs contain interesting and useful technical information regarding IDS:

I also added them to the community section of the Informix URL Compilation.
Have fun.

Newsletter Juli 2008

eherber — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:42:48 +0200

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (07/2008) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Juli 2008:

Aktuelles
TechTipp: oninit -w
TechTipp: oninit -r
TechTipp: Logical Log Backup mit ontape im Script
IDS 11.50 (Cheetah2) Certified for SAP
TechTipp: SolidDB Cache for IDS
Termine
Anmeldung / Abmeldung / Anmerkung

SMI Query Series - Dbspace Sizes

eherber — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:25:17 +0200

SMI Query Series - Dbspace Sizes

The sysmaster interface (SMI) presents a comfortable way to extract information about various parts of your running IDS instance. This information can be used for:

ad hoc analysis of performance problems
determining the status of several IDS sub components
monitoring replication metrics
sampling data for capacity planning purposes

Newsletter Juni 2008

eherber — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:30:37 +0200

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (06/2008) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Juni 2008:

Aktuelles
INFORMIX in den Medien: Online-Anzeige bei Heise
TechTipp: Laden von Daten - onpladm (Teil 3)
TechTipp: ONCONFIG des IDS 11.50
TechTipp: Manifest Datei
TechTipp: Blockade beim Zurückrollen einer Long Transaction vermeiden

DBTA Magazine: Inside Informix V11.5

eherber — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:40:01 +0200

DBTA Magazine: Inside Informix V11.5

A new article about IBM's smart and powerful OLTP cluster engine has been published in the Database Trends and Applications magazine:

Introduction:

IDS 11.5 - the newest version of Informix Dynamic Server - was officially announced by IBM at the International Informix User Conference in Kansas City in April 2008. The announcement created a tremendous interest from customers, analysts and the press.

IDS 11.5 on YouTube

eherber — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:44:00 +0200

IDS 11.5 on YouTube

Learn more about IDS 11.5 and it's outstanding high availability and scalability architecture by visiting YouTube:

IDS 11.5 boosts Informix's "Always On" Reputation

eherber — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:25:17 +0200

IDS 11.5 boosts Informix's "Always On" Reputation

There is a new article about IBM's high availability cluster database published in the IBM Database Magazine. The article has been written by Informix specialist Carlton Doe who is also the author of the IDS 11 E-Book.

The article discusses the enhanced functionality available in IDS 11.5 which turns Informix into an always available database cluster cloud:

Newsletter Mai 2008

eherber — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:04:13 +0200

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (05/2008) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Mai 2008:

Aktuelles
Presseartikel zu Cheetah2 am 28.04.2008
TechTipp: Laden von Daten - onpladm (Teil 2)
TechTipp: Violation Tables
TechTipp: IDS11 - Erstellen von Tasks
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