Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

From: Nicholas Dronen <ndronen_at_io.frii.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 02:57:57 GMT
Message-ID: <VKIr4.221$mjh.135468544@news.frii.net>

In comp.unix.aix Ivana Humpalot <ivana_humpalot_at_nospam.com> wrote:
> During W2K launch Bill Gates said they are using a "shared nothing"
> approach. They are not even sharing the database, as far as I can
> tell. In other words each machine in the cluster is running its own
> copy of SQLServer and using a completely independent database. In
> other words each machines in the cluster is querying and updating a
> completely independent database.

> Can anyone confirm this is the case? And if true, does this have any
> significance in real life?

The tcp page says that this particular configuration is using COM+, which is some sort of distributed api from Microsoft. Perhaps a more detailed explanation of COM+, which I cannot provide, would answer your question as well.

Regards,

Nicholas Dronen
ndronen_at_io.frii.com Received on Sat Feb 19 2000 - 20:57:57 CST