IDS as the greenest database on the market.
Not a technical support thread but an off-topic debate/flame exchange. A poster claimed IDS is the "greenest" database, citing a site that cut server count (and electricity costs enough to pay for licences), and asserted Informix is the fastest OLTP engine while questioning why IBM publishes no TPC-C or TPC-E results. Others mocked the claim of being fastest with no published benchmarks, noted Informix never released them historically, and one suggested raising the issue in the IIUG 2008 survey. The rest degenerates into jokes about conspiracies and conference slides; no technical question or resolution is recorded.
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On Oct 7, 9:28 am, DA Morgan <damor...@psoug.org> wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > IDS is probably the "greenest" database on the market. > > ROFLOL! > > And it slices, and dices, and makes your whites whiter and your > brights brighter, and cures cancer, and .... > -- > Daniel A. Morgan Really? Talk to World Winner. Seems that they were able to reduce the number of servers required to support their users. Rumor had it that the reduction in electricity bills paid for the IDS licenses. Reducing a server room's electric requirements to run and cool the servers is a pretty big green thing. Informix is the fastest OLTP engine out there. Why IBM won't release a TPC-C or TPC-E benchmark is beyond me. Maybe there's this big conspiracy theory since IBM is Oracle's largest partner in sales and services. -G
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Informix is the fastest OLTP engine out there. Why IBM won't release a > TPC-C or TPC-E benchmark is beyond me. > Me too. But since Informix wouldn't release benchmarks "back in the day", who knows? -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >> Informix is the fastest OLTP engine out there. Why IBM won't release a >> TPC-C or TPC-E benchmark is beyond me. >> > > Me too. But since Informix wouldn't release benchmarks "back in the > day", who knows? > I suggest the IIUG 2008 survey... There's a text box to explain why you want/don't want IDS benchmarks. Regards -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Informix is the fastest OLTP engine out there. Why IBM won't release a > TPC-C or TPC-E benchmark is beyond me. These two sentences, juxtaposed the way you did, ... priceless. You've earned a place, on a PowerPoint slide, in my 2009 curriculum. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
DA Morgan wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > >> Informix is the fastest OLTP engine out there. Why IBM won't release a >> TPC-C or TPC-E benchmark is beyond me. >> > > These two sentences, juxtaposed the way you did, ... priceless. > > You've earned a place, on a PowerPoint slide, in my 2009 curriculum. > Do make sure you send a photo to us of you presenting this slide. -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Maybe there's this big conspiracy theory since IBM is Oracle's largest > partner in sales and services. My understanding is the reason Serge hasn't been here for awhile is that he was kidnapped by a black helicopter. Or was it aliens? Well something like that. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
DA Morgan wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > >> Maybe there's this big conspiracy theory since IBM is Oracle's largest >> partner in sales and services. >> > > My understanding is the reason Serge hasn't been here for awhile is > that he was kidnapped by a black helicopter. Or was it aliens? Well > something like that. > Actually, I have it on good authority that Serge is one of the Illuminati and he's off presenting DB2 at a Bildeberg conference. :o) -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > DA Morgan wrote: >> Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >> >> >>> Informix is the fastest OLTP engine out there. Why IBM won't release a >>> TPC-C or TPC-E benchmark is beyond me. >>> >> >> These two sentences, juxtaposed the way you did, ... priceless. >> >> You've earned a place, on a PowerPoint slide, in my 2009 curriculum. >> > > Do make sure you send a photo to us of you presenting this slide. Bring a camera. http://www.ougf.fi/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=61&func=details&did=8 -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
DA Morgan wrote: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> DA Morgan wrote: >> >>> Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Informix is the fastest OLTP engine out there. Why IBM won't release a >>>> TPC-C or TPC-E benchmark is beyond me. >>>> >>>> >>> These two sentences, juxtaposed the way you did, ... priceless. >>> >>> You've earned a place, on a PowerPoint slide, in my 2009 curriculum. >>> >>> >> Do make sure you send a photo to us of you presenting this slide. >> > > Bring a camera. > http://www.ougf.fi/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=61&func=details&did=8 > "Ajankohta on *torstai 30.10.2008*.Seminaaripaikkana juhlavuoden kunniaksi historiallinen Kämp <http://www.hotelkamp.fi/>; Helsingin keskustassa. Luvassa on tällä kertaa teknispainotteisia esityksiä mm. Richard Footelta, Daniel Morganilta ja Petri Savolaiselta, mukavaa seuraa ja herkullinen illallinen Kämpin tiloissa. Niin ja viimeistään tässä tilaisuudessa sinulle selviää, mikä on RAC ja kenelle se on tarkoitettu. Seminaarissa on vain yksi putki, mutta se onkin sitä laadukkaampi." Somewhere in East Anglia? -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com