I think the point of the challenge was to point out the architectural
deficiencies in SQL Server - MS throws around a lot of marketing hype; that
the technically non sophisticated (i.e. the majority) of management types
(who are potential customers) believe as gospel. I do think it is an
interesting challenge though.
Jim
kligermn_at_ca.ibm.com wrote in message <780bou$fjd$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>In article <369AC567.D67B89AB_at_ataustralia.com.au>,
> Andy Groves <andy_at_ataustralia.com.au> wrote:
>> ONE MAIN DIFFERENCE. If you can TPC-D benchmark SQL Server against
>> Oracle with one million rows, Oracle will give you a million bucks!
>> Check out their website for the conditions.
>>
>> Now that's a real "put your money where your mouth is" kind of
>> guarantee.
>
>Yes. Too bad Oracle didn't decide to pick on IBM.
>
>On January 11, IBM published a 1TB TPC-D result on a 32-node cluster
>of Windows NT servers (Netfinity servers) running DB2 UDB V5.
>
>In that result, DB2 executed the challenge query 5 not just "within 100
>times of the best Oracle result" but in fact ran it about 89 times
>faster.
>
>Referenced TPC-D result:
>http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/benchmarks/netfinity1tb_011199.html
>
>Gene Kligerman
>IBM
>
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Received on Wed Jan 20 1999 - 23:21:17 CST
