Re: IBM Sets Industry Transaction Performance Records

Posted in 1995

Mark J. Howell — Wed, 12 Jul 1995 00:04:30 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

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+