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    use raw table to bulk load/huge files in Informix cluster

    raw table load and copy of raw table data availability read only secondary, RSS sec. in a HDR cluster. A big one for us. How do we load billion + row table in a HDR cluster without consuming too many logical logs? Is there a way to load a raw tabl...
    about 5 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    Make range fragmentation work on high-write systems

    Our application is INCREDIBLY write-heavy with highly transient data. Frankly, it doesn't even belong in Informix at all; it ought to be in something like MongoDB or even an in-memory DB. [I'm not kidding: 75-90K inserts per minute, involving BYTE...
    over 1 year ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    For RSS and HDR nodes partition the apply work by transaction id instead of partnum.

    For RSS and HDR nodes currently the apply work is partitioned across threads by partnum, We would like the option to partition the work across apply threads by transaction id. Currently RSS apply threads have to syncronise with the other apply...
    over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

    Support DESC keyword for describing schema objects

    Simple request: Support the DESC keyword commonly used by other databases as a synonym for the wordy 'INFO COLUMNS FOR'. This will help new users to Informix as well as being less to type for everybody else.
    over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Submitted

    Add new chunks while a backup is in progress

    In huge environments with lots of data changes it is important to add more space (chunks) to a dbms at any time. Currently this is not possible while an L0 backup is running. Depending on the size of an dbms an L0 backup can take several hours. Th...
    almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Using the TEST function, Need to Filter by Index Name or Table Name

    Looking to convert an NPI to DPSI. Need a way to compare access paths of all SQLs that are currently using the NPI to What-if the NPI was not there (aka Virtual Index Delete). The TEST function (Dynamic Explain) currently does not allow filtering ...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 SQL Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Request is to provide an Informix version with ASLR turned on.

    Address space layout randomization (ASLR) is a memory-protection process for operating systems (OSes) that guards against buffer-overflow attacks by randomizing the location where system executables are loaded into memory. Request is to provide an...
    11 months ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Submitted

    Backup / ReadAhead Performance

    To speedup backup time, it would be nice if Informix can read with more than 64k from disk. Example 12G SAS SSD - read 100 GByte with dd iflag=direct:Blocksize Throughput Time64k 197 MB/Sec 519 Sec (8:39)256k 438 MB/Sec 233 Sec (3:53)2048k 1186 MB...
    almost 9 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

    CM should allow LOG to be set at the SLA-level

    We have a Connection Manager configuration that includes multiple SLAs. There are times when it would be incredibly useful to enable logging for just one SLA while leaving it disabled for all of the others. Currently, the only option is to spawn a...
    over 3 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Future consideration

    InformixHQ - heatmap - feature

    Hello, Recently, during heavy load on an Informix Database, we noticed that there were some sessions that are using high IO Activity. We were using AGS Sentinel and was able to see these sessions in RED colour in a heatmap (see attached). It will ...
    almost 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Client Products 0 Under review

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