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

Agreed In <47mbgd$15a@ibridge.iohk.com> jwalters@igate.iohk.com (Jay Walters) writes: > >Beware of the Mhz to Mhz comparisons that the hardware vendors like to >promote as well. For example just within DEC is the 4-275 Alpha faster >than the 5-250? If you use a clock frequency argument it should be >something like 10% faster. In fact you'll find the 5-250 is close to >twice as fast as the "faster" chip. > >Francisco Casas (fcasas@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > >: I don't think anyone is saying that the hardware comparisons are >: misleading, indeed a 300Mhz should be more powerful than a 85Mhz >: chip. What is misleading is the claim that a DBMS software is >: more efficient than another, while running on diffent hardware >: platforms. If we go by what you say (300-333Mhz chip vs. 85Mhz) >: it stands to reason that "ANY" software, regardless of whether it >: is a DBMS or something else should run much faster on a 300+Mhz >: chip than on a 85Mhz chip. > >: <snip snip>