RE: benchmarking

Posted in 1999

Watson, Paul — Wed, 24 Mar 1999 08:44:13 -0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

The obvious one is why? Check out the tpc web site, there is enough pseudo-sql for the various tests to get you started. Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # Any answer given Tel: +44 1463 674729 # could be totally Fax: +44 1463 678729 # fictitious www.wfsoftware.com # > -----Original Message----- > From: Katak [mailto:kahtat@ncs.com.sg] > Sent: 23 March 1999 08:56 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: benchmarking > > > Hi there, > > I need to benchmark Informix database, any suggestions or comments on > how I should go about doing it. Thanks >

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Richard Stanford — Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:33:32 -0600 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

"Watson, Paul" wrote: > The obvious one is why? > > Check out the tpc web site, there is enough pseudo-sql for the various tests > to get you started. Of course, that's less useful now that companies are actually optimizing their products to do well on the benchmarks (ref. Oracle's MS challenge). You're generally better off coming up with some representative data and queries, then renting time (and a consultant) in a performance lab to do some comparisons. It can be a little pricy (depending on your scale) but it will give you better results than you could otherwise obtain. -Richard