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

I would have to say that if my company ran the TPC-C benchmark as our standard IT processing all of these numbers would mean a lot to me. Sort of like the row level locking debate (which of course row level locking makes load of sense.) Too bad that I live in the real world of de-normalized data, office politics and unrealistic performance expectations... Dave Watson (dwatson@informix.com) wrote: : >Could you please explain how oracle delivered twice the performance of : >Sybase-Since sybase hasnt released any numbers with Sys11 and Digital?? : >Or is this another attempt at an *estimate*. : > : >Geez : > : >Signed: : >Tony Basoglu : >tbas@sybase.com - Yes I work for sybase, these are my opinions! : > : Oracle are comparing an 8-CPU DEC Alpha result with Sybase and : Informix results from 16-CPU and 20-CPU Sun SPARC configurations. : The comparisions made in the Oracle press release between RDBMS : products are totally misleading. : Oracle fail to mention that the Alpha 8400 processor is rated at : 300MHz. The SPARC processors used in the Sybase and Informix : benchmarks were rated at 85MHz and 60MHz. When Informix and : Sybase release DEC Alpha benchmarks, I think you will see the : truth behind these false and misleading claims. : Likewise, the recent Sybase claims about Informix are also : suspect. Sybase claim the leading TPC-C performance on Sun. : However, they are comparing a benchmark on the newer 85MHz : processors with an older Informix benchmark on 60MHz processors. : It is easy to demonstrate a 28% DBMS performance "advantage" when : the new hardware gives you an extra 40% for free. : regards, : Dave : ====