Re: Benchmarks

Posted in 1993

Graeme Sargent — Mon, 4 Oct 1993 14:14:01 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In <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. >Anyone know where I can pickup the benchmarking software for testing >RDBMS performance? You could always try "The Informix Debit/Credit Benchmark" from Informix Inc./Ltd. graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.