"JustAnotherDBA" <jadba_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> > > Who in their right mind would implement something like that ?
> > >
> > > It seems misleading to even allow in tpc.org benchmarks something
(like
> > > this) that no one would put in a real production database.
> >
> > But on that basis nearly all the systems, including the Oracle systems
> > should also be rejected, who in their right mind would use a system with
a
> > MTTF measured in hours.
> >
>
> Are you suggesting the alternative (a microsoft product) would have a
better
> uptime :)
No. I'm saying that the systems that are used to gain high TPC scores do not
resemble real world systems in anyway. I can't criticize one vendor (MS) for
unrealistic benchmarks, when the same applies - albeit for different
reasons - to the rest.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Received on Fri Feb 21 2003 - 15:34:25 CST
