IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


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    Add command to move data from a chunk to remove it

    Add a command , at onspaces or sql task() , to force free a chunk, moving the data to another chunks with available space at same dbspace.With that will allow to exclude the cleared chunk from the dbspace.
    over 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

    Free automatically allocated lock memory

    Since Lock resource (memory) would be automatically allocated when Informix engine defect that it's not enough. But these memory will be existing forever once allocate, unless restart Informix engine. Could these automatically allocated memory cou...
    almost 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

    Only in-memory Temp table

    Temporary table only cached in the memory, it does not to write into the temp dbspace.Requirement from China mobile (CMCC), CMCC use lots of temp table in the following 2 ways:Create temp table ... with no log; select * from tab into temp tabname ...
    over 11 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

    Better documentation on syscdr database

    One might find it hard to understand and troubleshoot ER without proper knowledge and/or documentation. We should have better and detailed documentation about the syscdr database and its tables and views.
    over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Consolidate free space across entire chunk or dbspace

    I suggest a repack-like tool which consolidates free space in an entire chunk or dbspace in order to get few, big enough, free spaces to use efficiently. Being able to do so online and with little blocking is desirable
    over 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

    Allow External Backup on HDR Secondary

    It should be possible to run external backups on HDR Secondary (beneath unbar/ontape backups). Probably the necessary enhancement is just to implement onmode -c block/unblock on HDR secondaries (update reserved pages).
    about 7 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Make onconfig parameter SSL_KEYSTORE_LABEL dynamically updatable.

    Make onconfig parameter SSL_KEYSTORE_LABEL dynamically updatable. The equivalant has already been made dynamically updatable in DB2 - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=1152-manageability-enhancements
    over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Table level restore

    To enhance functionality of ontape/onbar utility to enable table level restore.
    over 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

    Add Informix/onbar in the list of VEEAM Enterprise Backup Solution supported platforms

    VEEAM is a fast growing Enterprise Backup solution. As of today, Informix is not part of VEEAM's supported DBMS, but should be supported before decision makers choose other DBMS platforms.
    over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Allow "group commit" as other RDBMS

    For high use OLTP systems, there can be a lot of I/O pressure on the logical log due to intense rate of logical log buffer flushing (most customer don't ant data loss so they use UNBUFFERED LOG). Setting BUFFERED LOG at session level would hardly ...
    almost 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 3 Future consideration

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