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

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>