Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

From: Norris <jcheong_at_cooper.com.hk>
Date: 2000/04/28
Message-ID: <8ebp5j$8tt$1@adenine.netfront.net>#1/1

IBM DB2 UDB 7.1 on AIX 4.3.3 just has the world's fastest TPC-H numbers:

12891.40 QphH_at_1000GB

http://www.tpc.org/new_result/h-result1.idc?id=100042702

In comp.databases.oracle.misc Randy Burlew <randall.burlew_at_srs.gov> wrote:
>>
>>According to my experience it it wasn't more
>>robust than an ordinary UNIX nfs mount. In fact
>>I quit VMS when I finally was sick of system crashes
>>just because someone has pulled an ethernet cable.
>>Rebooting a VAX at that time ( 1990 ) took hours to
>>complete. Compare that with the few minutes
>>of an RS6K at that time.
 

> I usually try to answer in a tone
> that is conducive to a reasonable
> discussion, but in this case I cannot.
> You are either greatly exaggerating or
> completely inept when it comes to VMS.
 
> Randy
> ****************************************

> These are my opinions only Received on Fri Apr 28 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT