Data Federator on Unix - Need to connect to Informix

Hi,
We are planning to Deploy Data Federator in Linux - SuSE 64 bit environment. We also have a need to connect to Informix and Teradata databases.
According to the supported platforms document, only ODBC drivers are available to connect to Informix and Teradata databases.
Is there a driver bridge available for these ODBC connectivity only databases?
Update: Didnt notice there were Unix ODBC drivers available. I think we should be fine.
Will it be supported if wel use the Informix Type 4 JDBC driver (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/jdbc/) as a Generic JDBC driver? Is there any performance impact?
Appreciate the assistance.
Thanks,
Thiag.
Edited by: Thiag Loganathan on Jul 21, 2010 5:43 PM
Edited by: Thiag Loganathan on Jul 21, 2010 8:26 PM

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