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SOLARIS X86 SOLUTIONS
INFORMIX-OnLine for Solaris x86
Informix(R) Software Inc., a leader in software technology, now
offers its INFORMIX-OnLine OLTP database server on SunSoft's
Solaris(TM) x86 operating environment. OLTP (on-line transaction
processing) database applications are widely used for global
reservation systems, multinational transportation and shipping
management, or in any high-volume, high-availability distributed
database environment.
Keeping Critical Applications OnLine
INFORMIX-OnLine is designed for organizations that need rapid,
secure, high-volume database access 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. Downtime is minimized through mirroring to duplicate
critical data, on-line archiving to avoid interrupting database
operations, and logging to roll back uncommitted transactions.
With the addition of the INFORMIX-STAR distributed client/server
module, INFORMIX-OnLine allows users to transparently manipulate
databases at multiple locations. And for maximum flexibility,
INFORMIX-OnLine handles images and audio as easily as common data
formats.
A Stable, Open Platform
Solaris x86 is a powerful and versatile UNIX(R) operating
environment for the Intel(R) x86 platform. Designed as a
foundation for enterprise computing, it supports major industry
standards and provides high-performance 32-bit UNIX multitasking,
multithreading and multiuser capabilities. Solaris x86 is
compatible with Solaris SPARC(R), ensuring full interoperability
between the leading CISC (x86) and RISC (SPARC) platforms. And
Solaris x86 is scalable from desktops to supercomputers, so that
customers can configure heterogeneous enterprise networks and
expand them easily as their computing needs evolve.
Solaris x86 provides native ONC+(TM) technology-based LAN and WAN
networking to support broadly distributed computing and system
management. Solaris also includes powerful application and
Graphical User Interface (GUI) development tools through the
OpenWindows(TM) facility, and a rich suite of user productivity
applications under DeskSet(TM). Numerous commercial third-party
applications, including many Microsoft(R) Windows and DOS
applications, run on the Solaris x86 environment.
A Powerful Enterprise Combination
INFORMIX-OnLine and Solaris x86 are both designed to support
robust enterprise-wide computing solutions. Customers can build
scalable client/server applications on the cost-effective Solaris
x86 platform and migrate them to Solaris SPARC and other
environments within a heterogeneous enterprise configuration. And
Solaris x86 database applications can transparently share data
with databases on other hardware and operating environments.
INFORMIX-OnLine Features and Benefits
* High performance: efficient data storage
methods allow fast access; buffering data in memory minimizes
disk access; simultaneous access by different processors;
automatically selects most efficient search strategy
* High availability: mirroring of critical
data; on-line archiving avoids database access interruptions;
logging rolls back uncommitted transactions
* Data consistency: built-in mechanisms
ensure data integrity without compromising access and performance
* Distributed client/server capability:
enabled by the addition of INFORMIX-STAR software; two-phase
commit protocol ensures data and transaction consistency when
multiple databases are used
* Administration: menu-driven interface to
tools that allow a database administrator (DBA) to tune system
performance and control backup and recovery; 100% compatible with
the ANSI-SQL89 standard, including integrity constraints
described in Addendum 1
* Multimedia support: entire documents,
scanned images, audio and other digitized information can be
stored like any other data
* Stored procedures: allow the DBA to
build client/server applications that minimize network traffic;
provide tighter transaction control in highly distributed
environments
* Adherence to standards: native UNIX
implementation, adheres to all major applicable standards for
maximum interoperability
For more information about Informix products, or for the location
of the Informix sales office nearest you, contact Informix
Software, Inc. at 1-800-331-1763 in the U.S. For international
inquiries: Europe, Middle East, Africa contact +44-784-240-444,
Asia/Pacific contact +65-298-1716.
Solaris x86 Features and Benefits
* Provides enterprise computing power and
true client/server architecture
- Scalable to accommodate a wide range of
hardware, from PCs to supercomputers
- Fully interoperable with Solaris SPARC
* Offers time-tested 32-bit operating
system functionality derived from SunOS
- Multiprocessing, multithreading,
multiuser operating environment
* Includes tightly coupled tools and
facilities for enterprise networking, application development and
end-user productivity
- Industry-standard ONC+ network
technology supports heterogeneous LAN and WAN
configurations, allows users to work interactively with
others regardless of location
- OpenWindows environment provides
toolkits that simplify application and GUI development,
including industry-standard OSF/Motif(R) toolkit
- DeskSet comprises a versatile,
integrated set of user productivity applications, running
under SunSoft's GUI.
* Runs a wide variety of commercially
oriented applications, including popular word processing,
spreadsheet and DBMS programs
* Incorporates new Wabi(TM) technology
designed to run Microsoft Windows applications directly on the
Solaris operating environment at native performance levels
* Open, non-proprietary architecture
provides for open-ended system and network expansion, integration
of new applications, and choice of peripherals
For more information on Solaris x86, call 1-800-SUNSOFT in the
U.S. For international inquiries, call 415-960-3200.
(C) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems, SunSoft, the
SunSoft logo, Solaris, ONC+, OpenWindows, DeskSet and Wabi are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc.
Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture
developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Informix is a registered
trademark of Informix Software, Inc. UNIX is a registered
trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Novell, Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of
Intel Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation. OSF/Motif is a registered trademark of the
Open Software Foundation, Inc. All other products or services
mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners. All product information has been provided by
the respective vendors and is published with their approval.
SunSoft does not specifically warrant the validity of any claims
made in these descriptions and takes no responsibility for any
inaccuracies or inconsistencies.
SunSoft, Inc.
2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043-1100
(415) 960-3200
Fax (415) 961-6070
Printed U.S.A. 5/94 94002-001