Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

197.0. "INGRES on an LAVC?" by BRILLO::NOBLE (10 days in an elevator) Tue Sep 20 1988 13:28

    I have a customer with an established MicroVax Ingres development
    environment. I'm trying to work out the best way for that customer
    to get more developers into the same INGRES database. We shall be
    recommending that they put a memory upgrade in the microvax for
    starters, but then I'm wondering if anyone knows:
    
    Does INGRES make full use of the LAVC environment?
    
    The scenario that I was going to propose is this: An LAVC consisting
    of x Vaxstations using the Microvax II as a boot node. This gives
    them data integrity. However, it raises the following questions:
   
    * If INGRES runs two processes per user, will they split out, so
    that the front end runs on the satellite and the back end on the
    boot node?
    
    * Is there any advantage to them using workstations over terminals?
      For example, will INGRES C and COBOL compilations happen on the
    local satellite workstation, (which is desirable) or the boot node,
    (which is not)?
    
    

    Hi
    
    Just for your interest - INGRES claim that their product does work
    in a desirable fashion over LAVCs. They claim that front-end processing
    takes place on the satellite workstations and back-end processing
    on the boot node.
    
    They also have sites at the International Commodities Clearing House
    in Minories, London, and at the State of Jersey which are running
    INGRES development on LAVC.
    
    Steve

    Call RTI and see what they say.