 | - High Performance
IBM Informix® OnLine and OnLine Extended Edition, Version 5.2 achieve their high performance by establishing efficient data storage methods for fast data access, buffering data in memory to minimize disk access, utilizing multiprocessor features to enable simultaneous access by different processors, determining the most efficient search strategy automatically,and just recently supporting greater than 2 GB chunk offsets and pipe connectivity.
- Data Consistency
Ensures that data is kept correct and consistent despite the large numbers of user accesses.
IBM Informix OnLine and OnLine Extended Edition do this via several built-in mechanisms--at the systems and transaction levels--without posing any unnecessary barriers to information access and smooth performance.
- Distributed Client/Server Capability
Allows you to transparently manipulate multiple databases at different locations. And with a two-phases commit protocol, you'll know that transactions interacting with multiple database servers are always kept in consistent state.
- Ease of Administration
Administrator maintains high levels of performance and backup and recovery plans by monitoring daily activities and adjusting parameters as needed.
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