From Big Iron to a "Commodity Server" In this real-life case study of the migration of a 1,500+ user system from Solaris to Linux, we examine the question of how large a user load a Linux Server can support. Here are some of the points we cover: ...
If you read Part I, you’ve already analyzed your data and designed your Type II storage areas and you’re ready to dump your existing data and load it into the new structure. If you’re still using Type I storage areas, this will probably be the...
Congratulations! You finally decided to join the modern world and take advantage of Type II Storage Areas (SAII). Hey – better late than never. There’s a lot of old, out-of-date or just-plain-wrong information out there, so ignore all that stuff. I have conveniently digested some...
How many of you have been through a licence audit recently? If you haven’t then expect it…and soon. Progress has relied on honour-based licensing for 30 years and now…well…maybe now they’re questioning your honour just a little bit!...
Over the past 10 or so years, the number of [AIX, HPUX, Solaris] to Linux migrations have been increasing steadily, along with the “safe” recommended maximum number of concurrent users. The reason is simple, of course: cost. Unless your OpenEdge application is serving thousands of...