Re: Benchmarks

Guenther Moschen (gm@athen.mch.sni.de) wrote: : In article <1993Oct1.113125.13914@xact.demon.co.uk> ptm@xact.demon.co.uk (Paul Thomas Mahoney) writes: : >We are looking for a faster system. Vendors "publish" "spec mark" : >figures for their machines: eg SPARC, IBM RS/600, DEC-Alpha etc... : > : >Unfortunately our current system is a 50MHz 486 system running SCO. What : >we need to do is obtain the benchmark software to compile and run on : >our system so we can compare the results against the vendors published : >figures. : > Most vendors will be all to pleased to allow you to run your system (or a part of it) on their systems. Why not create a realistic subset of your application and get on the phone to your likely suppliers. (BTW, most will help you to create the subset so as to be a realistic representation). : >Anyone know where I can pickup the benchmarking software for testing : >RDBMS performance? : > : nowhere, 'cause the RDBMS benchmarks (TPC-A,TPC-B,TPC-C,TPC-D,TPC-E) are : not public. But you can get all published results from: The specs for D and E are not even complete yet - it will be some (long) time before anyone gets and results from these. Currently the thrust is to get TPC-C figures, current legal (i.e. not subsequently withdrawn) reports have come from ICL, IBM, HP, and NCR. (Incedentally - the fact that peer pressure has forced one vendor to withdraw proves that the TPC council is serious about maintaining high standards on the benchmarks - things are getting tougher! : -- : *----------------------------------------------------------------------------* : * Guenther Moschen | INTERNET: Guenther.Moschen@mch.sni.de * : * UNIX Consultant | PHONE : 089/63642171 * : * c/o | A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, * -- Karl Funk Performance Benchmarking Unit ICL Server Systems Division Opinions expressed here are mine and not necessarily those of my employer.