IBM Informix Reviews

Xavier Garcia

Administrador de Hardware y Base de Datos at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 18 2017

The server must have the necessary memory, processing, and storage (depending on available infrastructure) in order to be scalable by users' consumption of resources

What is most valuable?

* High performance on OTLP environment, but depends on application design. * Data compression for enterprise version with… more»

How has it helped my organization?

Initially, we had an ER configuration, then we moved to an HDR. In both cases, it allowed us to recover from a failure in… more»

What needs improvement?

On the part of our development area, a feature that has another product with the SQL clause update from with several INNER… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I have not managed the costs, but depending on the characteristics they wish to exploit and the number of users connected… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

We had another platform which was centralized (nine years ago). Currently, the transactions are online.

What other advice do I have?

The server must have the necessary memory, processing, and storage (depending on available infrastructure) in order to be… more»

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Hermann Jimenez Franco

DBA Informix at a outsourcing company

Apr 12 2019

Its high availability characteristic is very stable and easy to configure and administer

What is most valuable?

* I have been administering Informix for 10 years, and it's a highly reliable product, robust, processes high volumes of information, etc. * Its high availability characteristic is very stable and easy to configure and administer compared to… more»

How has it helped my organization?

* 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… more»

What needs improvement?

I am expecting the new version 14.1 that brings significant improvements to replication. With Informix, everything that's expected is met.

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Luis PanozZo

IT Manager with 11-50 employees

May 14 2019

Easy to administer with support for HDR and Grid

What do you think of IBM Informix?

What is our primary use case?

We develop software that works with Informix.

How has it helped my organization?

Every version is faster than the previous.

What is most valuable?

This solution is fast, easy to administer, supports HDR, and supports grid.

What needs improvement?

This solution would be improved with offline data export. I really would love to have a QT plugin.

For how long have I used the solution?

Thirty-two years.

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