1.3.3 Informix capabilities
IBM Informix database servers provide a broad spectrum of features that allow
resilience in response to fast changing systems and applications in a modern
business environment. If you are aware of what the product can already do
before you begin to develop, it aids and enables you to support applications and
easily grow to meet new demands.
This section provides a brief overview of the capabilities of Informix.
Resilient
High availability and fast recovery are standard aspects of an on-demand
environment. Informix database server engines have a variety of ways to
configure the instance, so there is little chance of the engine being unavailable at
critical points in time.
Reliable
In addition to availability, there is a need for continuity. Informix has options to
protect a server environment, such as backup servers, full independent copies of
the processing environment for failover, and workload balancing at alternate
locations around the world.