Re: IBM Sets Industry Transaction Performance Records

Posted in 1995

Jay Walters — 14 Jul 1995 14:39:59 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Seems like the latest killer machine is the DEC 8400 box. ORACLE has released some great numbers for query performance on it. We're running some SYBASE apps on two of them and they scream! Mark J. Howell (mhowell@rtd.com) wrote: : In article <805416198.5982@ttyrwhit.demon.co.uk> tonytd@ttyrwhit.demon.co.uk (Tony Tyrwhitt-Drake) writes: : >From: tonytd@ttyrwhit.demon.co.uk (Tony Tyrwhitt-Drake) : >Subject: Re: IBM Sets Industry Transaction Performance Records : >Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 22:43:18 GMT : >In article <DBDHqE.nJz@eclipse.torolab.ibm.com>, : >kligermn@avenger.torolab.ibm.com (Gene Kligerman) says: : >> : >> IBM SETS INDUSTRY TRANSACTION PERFORMANCE RECORDS : >> : >> : >When all else fails, and the hardware stops selling itself, : >go for a new TPC speed record. : >AND, in the process, try to set a record for the most acronyms : >in the near incomprehensible press release. : >I wonder why they didn't compare their toys to Sequent's SMP boxes? : >Could it be that these are faster? And running Informix not DB2? : >Surely not :-> : While we're at it, How 'bout Tandem K10000 doing tpm-C over 20000 per minute : (and that was last year's model). Okay, so it's MPP at $1500 per tpm-C, using : their Nonstop SQL. : Mark J. Howell mhowell@rtd.com : ---------------------------------------------------------------- : GE d H s g+ p? au+ a- w+ v++ C++ L 3 E N++ K W++ M V po+ Y+ !tv : b+ D++ B e++ u* h* f r++ n+ y+