Informix components

When you install the HCL Informix® database server, you can also install related products, such as client APIs and other IBM® products.

The following diagram provides an overview of the base architecture of the Informix database server and related products.

Figure 1. Architecture of Informix database server and related products

Diagram shows Informix as core of the database system, with the following options: BladeManager, two DataBlade products, SPL, and two UDRs. Client, development, and administration tools, and DataBlade modules, are outside of Informix core.

Depending on your edition of Informix and your operating system, the product package includes installation programs for some or all of the following associated products:

HCL Informix Client Software Development Kit and HCL Informix Connect: Contains client APIs for developing and running client applications, and contains the HCL OpenAdmin Tool (OAT) for Informix for monitoring and managing the database server. HCL Informix Connect contains only the runtime libraries of the client APIs to allow applications that run on client computers to access the database server.
Informix DataBlade Developers Kit (DBDK) (Windows): Contains tools for developing and packaging DataBlade modules.
HCL Informix JDBC Driver: Java™ interfaces and classes to connect to Informix databases.
HCL Informix BladeManager: A utility to register and unregister DataBlade modules.
IBM Informix Web DataBlade Module: Tags and functions to create web applications that incorporate data that is retrieved dynamically from the Informix database.
International Language Supplement: The core Global Language Support locale files.
IBM Data Studio: An integrated development environment to develop and test SQL and XQuery queries, stored procedures, web services, and Java data access layers.
IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence: A web-based business intelligence solution with integrated reporting, analysis, scorecarding, and event management features.
IBM SPSS® Statistics Desktop and Data Drivers: A set of tools for statistical analysis and drivers for various data sources.
IBM SPSS Modeler: A set of data mining tools to develop predictive models and deploy them into business operations to improve decision making.