New IDS 11 eBook

The IBM Database Magazine offers a new free eBook for download. The eBook is written by Informix guru Lester Knutsen from Advanced DataTools and covers the IDS sysmaster database.

Just click on the graphic below, you might need to register in order to download the eBook:

Additional information about the IDS sysmaster database can found here:

A whole bunch of new INFORMIX articles

During the last 3-4 weeks a whole bunch of interesting new articles about INFORMIX technology has been published on IBM developerWorks.

First of all I like to promote the article about IDS/Linux/Xen written by my friend Martin Fuerderer (IBM IDS development group Munich/Germany) and Nicole Neubuerger (student at the University of Applied Sciences Munich). The article provides a great overview about IDS running on Linux in a Xen virtual machine:

Two interesting Informix Blogs

The following two blogs contain interesting and useful technical information regarding IDS:

• Informix Technical Blog (nameless author)
• Informix Technical Blog (Obnoxio the Clown)

I also added them to the community section of the Informix URL Compilation.
Have fun.

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (07/2008) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Juli 2008:

• Aktuelles
• TechTipp: oninit -w
• TechTipp: oninit -r
• TechTipp: Logical Log Backup mit ontape im Script
• IDS 11.50 (Cheetah2) Certified for SAP
• TechTipp: SolidDB Cache for IDS
• Termine
• Anmeldung / Abmeldung / Anmerkung

SMI Query Series - Dbspace Sizes

The sysmaster interface (SMI) presents a comfortable way to extract information about various parts of your running IDS instance. This information can be used for:

• ad hoc analysis of performance problems
• determining the status of several IDS sub components
• monitoring replication metrics
• sampling data for capacity planning purposes

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (06/2008) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Juni 2008:

• Aktuelles
• INFORMIX in den Medien: Online-Anzeige bei Heise
• TechTipp: Laden von Daten - onpladm (Teil 3)
• TechTipp: ONCONFIG des IDS 11.50
• TechTipp: Manifest Datei
• TechTipp: Blockade beim Zurückrollen einer Long Transaction vermeiden

DBTA Magazine: Inside Informix V11.5

A new article about IBM's smart and powerful OLTP cluster engine has been published in the Database Trends and Applications magazine:

Introduction:

IDS 11.5 - the newest version of Informix Dynamic Server - was officially announced 
by IBM at the International Informix User Conference in Kansas City in April 2008. 
The announcement created a tremendous interest from customers, analysts and the press.

IDS 11.5 on YouTube

Learn more about IDS 11.5 and it's outstanding high availability and scalability architecture by visiting YouTube:

• IDS 11.5 - High Availability Demo
• IDS 11.5 - Dynamic SQL in Stored Procedures
• You can't break IDS -:)
  

IDS 11.5 boosts Informix's "Always On" Reputation

There is a new article about IBM's high availability cluster database published in the IBM Database Magazine. The article has been written by Informix specialist Carlton Doe who is also the author of the IDS 11 E-Book.

The article discusses the enhanced functionality available in IDS 11.5 which turns Informix into an always available database cluster cloud:

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (05/2008) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Mai 2008:

• Aktuelles
• Presseartikel zu Cheetah2 am 28.04.2008
• TechTipp: Laden von Daten - onpladm (Teil 2)
• TechTipp: Violation Tables
• TechTipp: IDS11 - Erstellen von Tasks
• Aufruf: Senden Sie uns Ihre TASKS
• IBM SWG IM Services - Ihr direkter Draht zur Produktentwicklung