Continuous availability that saves you money
IDS 11.5 delivers high availability that can be implemented using low-cost hardware in a cluster environment. Each server can be used to distribute workload, providing increased processing power to get the most out of hardware investments. Data is synchronized immediately – whether the additional servers are in the same room or around the world.
Scale on demand.
Add a processor in minutes to scale out on demand to manage peak workloads. Distribute transactions across the entire networks of servers. Use automatic workload balancing to distribute connections to utilize hardware around the world. Establish pre-defined business rules to distribute connections according to business needs. Distribute transaction workload to improve performance and deliver the data closest to the source.
Easy Administration
IDS has always been known as the ideal data server for managing thousands of databases around the world with minimal DBA requirements. The GUI-based OpenAdmin Tool for IDS provides a global view of all servers. The SQL API and scheduler make it even easier to automate maintenance activities to make database administration disappear inside the application.
Easy application development
IDS continues to offers many choices for application development (link to app dev page: ibm.com/Informix/ids/ad). Develop using your favorite language or integrated development environment (IDE). Now available are new or updated drivers for PHP, Ruby, and .NET, and compatibility features that make it easy to port your applications to IDS. Customize your deployment footprint with the deployment wizard, and easily deliver location information to your application with the new Web Feature Service API.
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