Informix is similar to Microsoft SQL Server due to locking facilities. Language is a bit different, but it is simpler than that of Oracle. So, this is a very robust database server that can run in very parallel mode. It is suitable for large-scale database processing. Since I am a developer, I don't directly profit from this database system's capabilities. My work is to make programs for other customers. So my profit is indirect.

• OLTP processing capacity and the availability of information with high availability implementation have been significantly improved.
• The increase in the number of users has not prevented the proper performance of the engine.
• I've had the cluster configuration online for over a year.
• With Informix, I sleep peacefully.

1. Whenever a DBMS is the central piece of an application, Informix provides a very high rate of reliability. E.g., some customers show Informix uptime of 10 years.
2. The flexibility of its replication architecture allows for achieving easy high availability + DRP + enterprise type replication. 
3. Its hybrid data model allow for concurrent handling of structured data (SQL), custom data types and handling methods, unstructured data (NoSQL), and soon graph data.
   
4. The very low level of DBA staffing necessary to handle many instances. Some customers handles tens of thousands of Informix instances with barely more than two handfuls of DBAs.
5. For any customer involved in IoT, Informix is just the best solution from edge to central servers. Informix Entreprise works great on edge devices as well as central servers, including massively parallel architecture and in-memory OLAP. DataBlades, like TimeSeries, are the best ever way to implement any application based on time based data in a very massive way.

Initially, we had an ER configuration, then we moved to an HDR. In both cases, it allowed us to recover from a failure in the main server.

IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities.

This solution has made financial reporting possible by allowing financial people the opportunity to set Informix to "Auto Pilot" so that they can attend other duties.

Every version is faster than the previous.