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Re: DB2 DOUBLES THE PERFORMANCE OF ORACLE 10G

Posted in 2004

Topics: Performance & Tuning

Database Guy — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Mark Denham" <mkdenham@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<c15blu$slg$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > > > > > > > > >>http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/benchmarks/121503.html > > >> > A fair price/performance comparison is not possible given that one test > was done in China, the other in the US. I have no idea what the relative > cost of technology is over there! If you do the conversion, DB2's > price/performance is 4 times that of Oracle. 571 Yuan = $69. The 8 Yuan per USD conversion rate is about right, but your arithmetic is wrong. The Oracle RAC benchmark price was 1321 Yuan to DB2's 69 USD. Oracle RAC only delivered half the performance of DB2, and its price/performance ratio was 2.3 times more expensive. DG

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Obnoxio The Clown — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Database Guy wrote: > "Mark Denham" <mkdenham@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:<c15blu$slg$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... >> > > >> > > >> > >>http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/benchmarks/121503.html >> > >> >> A fair price/performance comparison is not possible given that one test >> was done in China, the other in the US. I have no idea what the relative >> cost of technology is over there! If you do the conversion, DB2's >> price/performance is 4 times that of Oracle. 571 Yuan = $69. > > The 8 Yuan per USD conversion rate is about right, but your arithmetic > is wrong. The Oracle RAC benchmark price was 1321 Yuan to DB2's 69 > USD. > > Oracle RAC only delivered half the performance of DB2, and its > price/performance ratio was 2.3 times more expensive. Have you tried UPDATE STATISTICS? -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche

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