What is the maximum number of Domino partitions allowed on Windows 2000? I cant seem to find any numbers in the documentation or in this forum. I want to do about 6-10 - is that too many (lets say the hardware is high-end).
Subject: Maximum number of partitions allowed on Win2000? - Any ideas?
Windows is your main limiter. The lack of RAM (4 GB or so) that Windows can address and allocate is the biggest issue. 10 partitions would not be feasible on a high transaction/volume Windows server.
Subject: Maximum number of partitions allowed on Win2000? - Any ideas?
Avoid windows for large, critical many partion systems. Windows itself isnt stable enough.
I’ve seen 6-10 partitions on windows. Same old story. One hung process, and the whole box dies.
Go for a “real” OS - such as AIX, OS/400, Solaris, HP/UX, s390. Whatever floats your boat.
10,20, whatever number of partitions, depending on the tin. One box I’m working on just now - a single AS/400, is partitioned into five logical machines, each supporting up to 30 domino partitions. Far, far more stable.
They prevent a single process hosing the entire box. Dont risk your career on win2k trying to behave like a pre-emptive and stable operating system.
(Sorry to rant - but Windows just doesnt cut it here… Uptime on U*nix machines - months, years, whatever. Windows machines - weeks. If your lucky. Thats fine for some people - not for me.)
—* Bill
Subject: Maximum number of partitions allowed on Win2000? - Any ideas?
There are no limits imposed by Domino on the number of partitions. I have heard of some tests done with high-end Unix boxes with more than 1000 partitions.
Subject: Maximum number of partitions allowed on Win2000? - Any ideas?
Under R5 I tested five partitions on a high-end Win2k box, thinking the lower cost of hardware would offset the higher maintenance costs a Windows platform has. I found that if one partition had a spike in activity it would slow down response from the other partitions. I also had problems where one partition would crash and I would end up having to restart the entire server, which brought all the partitions down.
Based on my experience I would not recommend Windows 2000 as Domino platform in a high-volume partitioned environment. It may work well in a slower environment, but it was not a fit for us.
We ended up going with an iSeries, and I am extremely satisfied with that but I won’t evangelize here. I hope my response helps with your decision making process.
– Charles