Considering Your Environment

Before you start the initial configuration of your database server, collect as much of the following information as possible. You might need the assistance of your system administrator to obtain this information:

• The host names and IP addresses of the other computers on your network

  Does your platform support the Network Information Service (NIS)?

• The host names and Internet protocol (IP) addresses of the nodes on your parallel-processing platform

  For more information about parallel-processing platform, refer to Setting Up Node Names.

• The disk-controller configuration

  How many disk drives are available? Are some of the disk drives faster than others? How many disk controllers are available? What is the disk-controller configuration?

• What are the requirements, features, and limitations of your storage manager and backup devices?

  For more information, see the IBM Informix: Storage Manager Administrator's Guide or your storage-manager documentation.

• Operating-system shared memory and other resources

  How much shared memory is available? How much of it can you use for the database server?

  The machine notes file indicates which parameters are applicable for each UNIX platform.