Re: TPCC - for the record (on DEC Alpha... it's Oracle) (was Sybase 11 TPCC)

In article <4di1bd$bp@news.informix.com>, dwatson@informix.com says... >he Sybase 11014 tpmC number was on a DEC Alpha 8400 with 300 MHz >processors. The equivalent Oracle number on the 300 MHz system was >9414 tpmC. The Oracle 11k number was achieved with 350 MHz >processors. You can't compare the 350MHz result with the 300 MHz >result and imply that the Oracle DBMS is faster than Sybase. This >was the same trick that Oracle played comparing a HP K410 Oracle7 >7.3 result with a HP K400 Informix 7.1 result. Comparing a DBMS >product that is not yet available on a newer faster chip, against >a DBMS product that has been production for over 12 months with >performance numbers on older hardware technology. > >Dave >==== >> >> /jim >> > > what makes comparing results even more complicated is the fact that Oracle was using a system with 8 Processors @350Mhz and 8 GB of RAM while Sybase had a config with 10 Processor @300Mhz and 6 GB of RAM. For our (Digital) biased view, it's of course nice to see that both databases [with Informix probably joining in soon] are delivering single node TPC-C results that are far better (at highly competitive costs per transaction) than on any other platform, likely proving the benefits of fast 64-bit processors running a true 64-bit o/s and thus allowing a process to adress space beyond 2GB. MatthiasD. ------------------------------------------------- DEC Digital Equipment Corporation AG, Switzerland Matthias Dolder Internet: matthias@zuo.dec.com ...speaking for myself, not for Digital...