Re: ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RECORD-BREAKING TPC-C RECORD!! **

performance is the least reason to choose oracle over sypbase, ingres, informix. even if sybase and oracle were the same, oracle is superior in so many ways that it defies description. consider the mass of client tools, media tools, internet tools, and the presence of "row level locking". (heck sybase was so far behind the power curve they overpaid for powerbuilder by a factor of 3x, a billion if i remember, and still they are way behind). ----------------- In article <474dp5$a99@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, fcasas@ix.netcom.com (Francisco Casas) wrote: > Sorry...I can't resist... > > To paraphrase a certain executive: > > "We're faster, cheaper, better. Cool. > Think about it. Then buy SYBASE." > > >For an apples to apples comparison consider the following: > > > > DBMS Platform CPUs TPC-Cs Cost/Transaction > > ------- ----------- ------- ----------- ---------------- > > Sybase HP T500 12 5,600+ $390 > > Oracle HP T500 12 5,369 $535 > > > >Sybase and HP released these audited TPC-C numbers on October 30th, > >1995. While Sybase only offers a 4%-5% improvement on the Oracle > >TPC-C numbers, it offers an outstanding 37% better cost per > >transaction! That means you get more for your money!!!!! > > > >You wanna see the Sybase DEC/numbers? Wait 2 or 3 weeks. If the HP > >numbers are any indication... > > > >I wonder what the ComputerWorld ads will look like next week? > > > >Francisco <my opinions are my own> > > > > > >In <4727g0$4pq@terminus.intermind.net> an350133@anon.penet.fi (Wow! > >That's fastttttttt) writes: > >> > >> REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ via First! -- Today, > >Oracle > >>Corp. announced a record-breaking TPC-C open systems benchmark, 9414 > >tpmC, > >>surpassing the existing performance record, also held by the Oracle7 > >database. > >> > >> > >>Oracle7's new record is more than two times faster than Sybase's best > >ever > >>performance and nearly three times faster than Informix's best > result. > > > >> > >>Remarkably, Oracle delivered twice the performance of Sybase's > >upcoming System > >>11, but Oracle used only half the number of processors used by > Sybase. > > > >> > >> Informix used even more processors than Sybase to obtain still lower > >>performance. This Oracle7 benchmark not only set the performance > >record, it > >>also set the all-time price/performance record for high-performance > >systems at > >>$316 per tpmC. > >> > >> "We're faster, cheaper, better. Cool. Think about it. Then buy > >Oracle," > >>said Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle's founder and CEO. > >> > >> The benchmark result dramatically demonstrates the combined power > of > >the > >>Oracle 64-bit Option coupled with Digital's 64-bit UNIX and Alpha > >hardware > >>architecture. This mission-critical solution provides > >beyond-the-mainframe > >>performance at a fraction of mainframe cost, something that no other > >vendor > >>can offer. Oracle7's outstanding performance in these fully TPC > >compliant, > >>audited and publicly disclosed TPC-C benchmarks is a continuing > >>demonstration of Oracle's unequivocal leadership in parallel database > >>technology for symmetric multi-processors and massively parallel > >systems. > >> > >> "Because of Oracle's demonstrated linear scalability on SMP, > >cluster, and > >>MPP architectures, we fully expect even greater performance gains as > >the > >>number of CPUs and memory increase over the coming year," said > Beatriz > >>Infante, vice president of Oracle's Open Systems Division. > >> > >> These outstanding benchmarks are a result of Oracle and Digital's > >close > >>engineering relationship, including Oracle's in-house use of Alpha > >systems, > >>which enables Oracle to provide a highly optimized database for Alpha > >>platforms. "For over a decade, Oracle and Digital's collaborative > >>engineering efforts have yielded leading-edge information solutions > >such as > >>the Digital clustering technology coupled with the Oracle Parallel > >Server," > >>said Robert Palmer, CEO, Digital Equipment Corporation. > >> > >> With its architecture designed to fully exploit the parallelism of > >SMP, > >>cluster, and MPP platforms, the Oracle7 Server is the leading open > >systems > >>database server for both on-line transaction processing and data > >>warehousing. Oracle7 scales to dozens or hundreds of processors, > with > >>single production databases serving thousands of users and storing > >hundreds > >>of gigabytes of data. > >> > >> Enterprise-strength Oracle7 capabilities include industry-leading > >parallel > >>query, load, and indexing along with unique functionality such as > >Oracle > >>Parallel Server for clusters, "update-anywhere" replication, and > >support for > >>"compute anywhere" wireless computing through Oracle Mobile Agents. > >> > >> "The market's acceptance of Oracle's technology lead has > accelerated > >over > >>the last year and has fueled the migration of customer applications > >and > >>third-party products to Oracle7 from other database products," said > >Jerry > >>Baker, senior vice president of Oracle's Product and Platform > >Technologies > >>Division. "This benchmark result confirms what our customers already > >know- > >>Oracle7 is the only choice for mission-critical open-systems > >information > >>management." > >> > >> Oracle's result of 9414 tpmC at $316 per tpmC on an 8-processor > >Digital > >>AlphaServer 8400 compares with the Sybase System 11 result of 4544 > >tpmC at > >>$396 per tpmC recorded on a 16-processor SUN SPARCcenter 2000E and > the > >>Informix result of 3524 tpmC at $495 per tpmC, recorded on a > >20-processor > >>Sun SPARCcenter 2000E. In addition, Oracle's price/performance of > >$316 per > >>tpmC is superior to that offered on any high-performance system, e.g. > >>systems delivering more than 2,500 tpmC. > >> > >> Oracle Corp., a $3 billion company, is the world's largest supplier > >of > >>software for information management, and the world's second largest > >software > >>company. The company offers its database, tools and application > >products > >>along with related consulting, education and support services, in > more > >than > >>90 countries around the world. > >> > >> For more information about Oracle, please call (415) 506-7000. > >Oracle's > >>World Wide Web address is http://www.oracle.com/. > >> > >> NOTE: Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. > >Oracle7, > >>Oracle Mobile Agents, Oracle Parallel Server and Oracle 64-bit Option > >are > >>trademarks of Oracle Corporation. All other product or company names > >>mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be > >trademarks > >>of their respective owners. > >> > >