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Informix on ARM Architecture

Globally ARM is the most widely used instruction set architecture in terms of quantity produced. The low power consumption of ARM processors has made them very popular: over 50 billion ARM processors have been produced as of 2014, of which 10 billion were produced in 2013 and "ARM-based chips are found in nearly 60 percent of the world’s mobile devices". The ARM architecture (32-bit) is the most widely used architecture in mobile devices, and most popular 32-bit one in embedded systems. (Wikipedia)

What does it mean to Informix and the upcoming Internet of Things?

View the Advanced DataTools webcast replay. This webcast will explore some of the ARM-based computers that are available, and describe why ARM is such a good fit for an IoT solution. Tom Beebe will show how simple it is to install a full version of the IBM Informix database server on a low-power, affordable ARM-based Linux computer, and why the power and simplicity of Informix makes it ideal for an embedded IoT gateway.

Automate small footprint,
embedded Informix Server deployments

Sreeni Paidi
Advisory Software Engineer IBM

Overview:

This tutorial shows you how to automate IBM® Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) small footprint deployments by using the IDS deployment utility and the IDS embeddability toolkit. An important requirement of an embedded database system is that it be invisible to end users and administrators.

IDS is a perfect database system for application environments that require an embedded database because you can install, deploy, and administer the database silently. It is transparent to users that there is a robust and reliable database system catering to the database requirements of the application.

Autonomic Tuning Informix 12

Scott Pickett
WW Informix Technical Sales

Overview & Problem Statement:

• We want the Informix database server to be as invisible as possible.
• After the initial install of IDS and uptime, we need the server to be able to adapt to any workload that comes its way.
• Prior to 12.10xC2, several key server resources were not dynamic. This could and did lead to artificial performance ceilings, and an increase in downtime to fix, or degradation in performance until the issue was detected by human interface.
• Not everyone knows how to detect ……. and if they do, getting the downtime from management is an issue …. always.
• The improvements are in several different categories….

IBM RedBook 
Embedding IBM Informix

Abstract:

In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we discuss and describe the capabilities for embedding Informix® into applications and software. We introduce the technological architecture and describe several of the functions and features that support Informix as a robust and powerful embeddable DBMS. Many of these features are unique in the industry today, enabling clients to create a business advantage.

The Informix database server can support the requirements of an embeddable DBMS, and is doing so for many companies today. The low administration requirements of the Informix database server enable clients to deploy thousands of Informix instances, embedded in applications in locations where there are no technical resources to support the database. The real requirement is for applications with embedded databases that require little or no administration, take minimum storage resources, have excellent performance, and are highly reliable.