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

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. >> >