Re: Linux betas NT in TPC testing, running Oracle8
From: Nik Simpson <ndsimpso_at_ingr.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:09:41 -0500
Message-ID: <i0IlbpYj#GA.204_at_pet.hiwaay.net>
> Good point. The two most important factors in any benchamrk comparision
> are how fair and how representative of the real world it is. Running
> both OS's untuned is unbiased, but hardly representative of how people
> in the real world would run Oracle. Also, weren't the databases in the
> test very small?
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:09:41 -0500
Message-ID: <i0IlbpYj#GA.204_at_pet.hiwaay.net>
Lou Grinzo <lgrinzo_at_stny_NOSPAM_lrun.com> wrote in message
>
> Good point. The two most important factors in any benchamrk comparision
> are how fair and how representative of the real world it is. Running
> both OS's untuned is unbiased, but hardly representative of how people
> in the real world would run Oracle. Also, weren't the databases in the
> test very small?
Typically TPC/D is run on monster machines, the idea that the system tested was useful for the type of application that TPC/D represents is laughable.
-- Nik Simpson (ndsimpso_at_ingr.com)Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 15:09:41 CEST