Data Storage

Storage of account data

Account information used by Informix to authenticate individuals is stored in a security facility outside of Informix. The security facility can be part of the operating system or a separate product and the customer is responsible for determining how and where this information is controlled within the security facility. For more information, refer to, Authentication

Storage of client Data

The customer explicitly inserts any collected data to be stored into specific tables that they have created within the database. The physical location of the data in those tables is determined by the definition of the tablespace(s) used in the table definition. For more information, refer to the [CREATE TABLE] and [CREATE TABLESPACE] in the IBM Knowledge Center.

Storage in backups

The customer determines when and where database backups will occur through their configuration of Informix and/or their use of the BACKUP command. For more information, refer to, Data recovery. The customer determines when and where Informix transaction logs are archived through their configuration of Informix. For more information, refer to [Log file management through log archiving].