Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

Shared nothing usually refers to the sharing of hardware i.e. shared RAM memory backplane. Either there is a single "shared" instance of the db (shared among nodes via the common memory) or it is "shared nothing", and there are copies of the db on each participating node. Each node running a portion of a SQL transaction on it's copy of the db in concert with the other nodes. Thats at least a "view at 30,000 feet" description.

regards.

Ivana Humpalot 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.
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> Can anyone confirm this is the case? And if true, does this have any
> significance in real life?
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> "X X" <X_at_X.X> wrote in message news:38ace385$1$8288_at_readdo01.news...
> > Read 'em and weep.
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> > http://www.tpc.org/new_result/ttperf.idc
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Received on Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00:00 CST