Re: Larry Ellison comments on Microsoft's benchmark

Blair,

My question was not about the hard disk. My question was what will happen if one of the MACHINES fail.

You appear to be avoiding the question, though that may not have been your intent.

If one of the MACHINES fail, will the queries still give the right answer?

Will the configuration as tested, without using ANY additional hardware, continue to give correct answers even if a machine fails?

Please clarify. I am sure a lot of people are interested in the answer to this critical question.

"Blair Kenneth Adamache" <adamache_at_ca.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Unlike many TPC results, DB2 results always publish with
> mirrored disk. We mirrored the data disks with RAID 1E,
> and the log disks with RAID 5. DB2 also used a UPS
> (Uninterrupted Power Supply) - these are all features
> that raised the price, but made the result more real-world.
>
> Ivana Humpalot wrote:
>
> > Blair,
> >
> > Can you answer a question that I believe is highly relevant and
> > important:
> >
> > Does Larry Ellison's comments apply to the top TPC-C result (DB2
> > on NT)?
> >
> > In other words, if one of the machines fail, will DB2 still give
> > me the right results? Or will queries fail or give wrong answers?
> >
> > What I want to know is whether the configuration as tested can be
> > used in real life without using any additional hardware.
> >
Received on Wed Jul 05 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT