Re: Baan IV / NT / SQL Server

In article <358852F2.7D4E2474_at_nortel.ca>, "Peter C. Goemans" <goemansClearMe_at_nortel.ca> wrote:

> We are using WinNT 4.0, Service Pack 2, MS-SQL Server 6.5 and BaanIVb.
> The first few shakes of BaanIV-Beta, BaanIVa and SQLServer was shakey.
> With some fine tuning of our Compaq Proliant server, SQLServer and
> BaanIVb. We needed a combination of Baan and Compaq staff to help set
> us up properly. Following many hours of live stress testing with actual
> humans (not the regular s/w simulated stress tests which were not
> reliable markers of system integrity) and post-test data analysis the
> Compaq and Baan fellows were able to resolve even the SQLServer
> page-locking issues.
>
> There are still a few gotcha's largely due to the immaturity of WinNT as
> a server platform (as compared to UNIX), but for the most part we are
> running our business systems (Baan, IIS, ...) from the NT platform. Be
> aware that Baan IV BackOffice is not much more than a recompiled
> straight port from UNIX and as such, lacks some of the functionality of
> the UNIX version.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
> ...Chris.

YES - We are confirming that Bx and Ba drivers are not available on the NT version of Baan IV. This is a killer!!!!!!!!!! This means that you will need to setup a Unix App server in order to have Ascii and Xwin clients since NT just can have Bw (Windows) drivers. THIS IS BRUTAL. If you want anytype of system that has open connectivity to the server, it is coming quite clear that Unix is the only way to go. NT marries you the OS on the client machines -YUCH! Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT