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RE: MS SQL hasn't given up!

From: Nick Wagner <Nick.Wagner_at_quest.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:49:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0055C204.20030227124926@fatcity.com>


He's got a good point, performance at that point doesn't matter if your system must be rebooted weekly, and crashes every couple of days.  

The tests should be run 24x7 for 350 days... to get a real idea on what kind of reliability and performance you can get. -----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Select * from dual
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always gives good performance ...

Okay ... MS got good numbers, so assume that system was so tweaked that no other program else might be running on it for all we know. Launch a local IE and see the TPC-C go down ... (I know, sometimes I can be evil ...)

But TPC-C doesn't care about the effect of virus attacks? Available exploits? BSOD? Now that itanium is 64bit and faster, would you see a BSOD appear faster?

I don't hate MS, I just like them less than I like Unix systems... that's all, it is a personal preference.
ps: This email is sent using Outlook/2000 running on Windoz/2000.

Raj



Rajendra dot Jamadagni at espn dot com
Any views expressed here are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !!

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Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

For your amusement, MS thinks they can "now" equal Oracle in performance (wasn't that what they claimed 3 years ago?). Anyway, I tend to think of these benchmarks like the NASCAR winners. Yeah I'm going to go by a Chrysler because it won the NASCAR championship.   

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Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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