I agree. If the TPC benchmarks are skewed towards Oracle then you could say that
the intelligence tests are biased towards the literate. Go figure!
Tapan
Jerry Gitomer wrote:
> "Berger, Gene" wrote:
> >
> > >> Sure. Check out the TPC benchmarks for OLTP and OLAP. <www.tpc.org>
> >
> > I like Oracle very much but this benchmark is totally skewed
> > in Oracle's databases favor. Microsoft also has benchmarks
> > skewed in their favor. Informix has benchmarks skewed
> > in their favor.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Gitomer [mailto:jgitomer_at_erols.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 1:02 AM
> > To: comp.databases.oracle.server_at_list.deja.com
> > Subject: Re: Comparing ORACLE and MS SQL Server
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> > OTPP wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone know where I can find some "objective" (third party)
> > comparison
> > > of the ORACLE vs MS SQL Server? Thx.
> >
> > Sure. Check out the TPC benchmarks for OLTP and OLAP. <www.tpc.org>
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> What is the basis for your statement about the TPC benchmarks that
> "this benchmark is totally skewed in Oracle's databases favor." ?
>
> The TPC is an independent body which designs the benchmark. Each
> vendor who publishes results creates a supertuned hardware and software
> configuration and publishes the configuration information along with
> their
> certified test results.
>
> I will readily concede that the average installation will realize
> performance comparable to the benchmarks only in those months that have
> six Sundays, but they do provide a level playing field.
>
> --
> Jerry Gitomer
> Once I learned how to spell DBA, I became one.
Received on Thu Feb 10 2000 - 10:38:58 CST
