Re: TCP benchmarks -Reply

At 06:38 AM 6/16/96 +0000, Mike Segel wrote: >2) Informix in their *apples* vs *apples* benchmark comparison > did not publish results based on the same machine. > >If you read the fine print, you will see that Sybase was run on an >*older* configuration. Well, yes, but I just read a Sybase /Compaq Proliant /NT benchmark where they claimed that this combination was the ultimate solution to address TPC/C type apps. To be fair, the cost per TPMC *was* pretty good, but they were claiming that this combination was unbeatable, and they were only claiming <6000 TPMC. As far as I'm aware, even Oracle are way ahead of this - let alone Informix. (Like twice as much!) They were comparing Sybase /Compaq /NT compared to Oracle/ HP (/IBM /Siemens /whatever) /Unix. And as you moved through the blurb, they kept changing the machines they were comparing against. So, yeah, Informix may be guilty of bullshitting, but everyone (hardware vendors, database vendors, even Microsoft! :) seems to do it. I only believe the benchmarks I write & run myself... FWIW. Hasta la vista! -- billy.wheeler@pixie.co.za