Your company
- has a lot of database transactions (txn) still growing?
- suffers from a poor database performance because of heavy I/O load?
- uses Informix Performance Features (eg. Compression, Parallel Data Query, Fragmentation)?
- runs a cost intensive, highly upgraded hardware with lots of cpu and hard disk drives?
- suffers, despite of all improvements, from poor response times?
If so think about the usage of Solid State Drives (SSDs). They will accelerate your Informix database performance.
It is for sure: a single SSD is faster than a disk drive under any circumstances! In average by factor 10–100. But how fast it is, depends from a variety of parameters.
- How many txn are handled?
- What is the size of the txn?
- Which type of data are handled?
- What about the way of the data access?
- and in which intervals?
Many well known soft- and hardware producers recommend to use SSDs for shifting existing performance levels – but despite of this: most important for the success of the SSD usage is your individual Informix requirement and the needs of your clients!
It is not a question if SSDs can speed up your Informix database performance (of course they will do) – you have to decide if it is worth to invest your money by factor x into SSDs in order to gain performance improvements by factor y. Costs and value have to be in due proportion.
What’s the difference between SSDs and Disk drives? Which benefits a SSD offers? What about it’s lifetime? Are there different qualities of SSDs? Which data should be put on a SSD? Are there specific configuration requirements? What about the price? All these questions have to be answered before.
hamburg data helps you. We:
- analyse your database environment
- define your suitable operation areas for SSDs
- inform you about technology & different qualities of SSds
- provide you with SSDs & flash storage arrays
- implement, configure and adjust your
- storage arrays
- Informix database
Success stories and tests prduce the evidence:
Informix runs great on SSDs!
Further information:
Tel: +49 40 875 00 589 or via contact form