After the database server is installed, it must be configured before it can be brought on-line. Configuration refers to setting specific parameters that customize the database server for your data-processing environment: quantity of data, number of tables, types of data, hardware, number of users, and security needs.
Also consider the number of coservers in your system.
Defaults for most of the configuration parameters are set during the installation of the product. However, you can change the configuration parameters to customize the database server for your data-processing environment.
Configuration Parameters, provides an overview of the configuration parameters. For information about additional configuration parameters, see the chapter on configuration parameters in the IBM Informix: Administrator's Reference.
The configuration parameters customize the database server for your data-processing environment. This manual refers to the file that stores the configuration parameters as the ONCONFIG file. You must prepare this file before you initialize the database server. After you prepare the configuration file, you must set the ONCONFIG environment variable to identify it to the database server.
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