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

In article <dasidwel-0911951003440001@dasidwel-mac.us.oracle.com>, David Sidwell <dasidwel@us.oracle.com> wrote: >In article <landeckDHquro.7Dy@netcom.com>, landeck@netcom.com (Albert >Landeck) wrote: >> >> What this means is that for the time being, audited benchmark >> results for Sybase on AlphaServer 8400 will be unavailable. >> Same goes for Informix and Ingres :-( >> >> I have been told by some of the benchmarking people that >> we actually beat the Oracle performance, but that is >> third hand and shouldn't be relied upon. > >Does this mean that you benchmarked the same TPC benchmark ? > >If this is the case then why not have it audited (?) - you do not need DEC >to do that for you. To my knowledge DEC supply performance assistance and >hardware - if you have out performed the Oracle benchmark then you already >have the performance tuning expertise and hardware, so why not perform an >audited benchmark that you could publish ? Unfortunately your statement about not needing DEC is incorrect. Both the hardware and software vendor must agree to publish the disclosure. One cannot publish without the other's consent. So, in fact if Sybase has done a number with DEC, they may not publish it without DEC's permission. >I would urge people to compare *real* audited numbers, not biased *hearsay* ! Amen! Like SGI's most recent number of 6313.78 tpmC at $481/tpmC using Informix. Which trounced the Sybase/HP and Oracle/HP numbers but was trounced by the Oracle/DEC number. Pat