Re: DB2 Crushes Oracle RAC on TPC-C benchmark

On 2005-01-31, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:
> Mark A wrote:
>
>>>>The TPC benchmarks between DB2 and Oracle use vastly different hardware
>>>>architectures.
>>>
>>>Which, in English, translates into the fact that they are not apples
>>>to apples comparisons and thus worthless to end users who have made
>>>it past their early 20s and are no longer impressed by speed.
>>>
>>>TPC ... the benchmark for the adolescent male ... I like the sound of it.
>>>--
>>>Daniel A. Morgan
>>
>>
>> Just like I said when I originally posted the information on the IBM
>> website, I trust the customer base (and not Daniel Morgan) to decide for
>> themselves whether the TPC benchmarks are in any way useful.
>
> Do you really think that somehow putting != between my name and
> 'customer' makes it so? Come on down to Atlanta Georgia in two weeks and
> watch me help a very large public organization make their decision.

        That kind of explains it.

        My old development group sees a very big gulf between the private and non-private entities they deal with. The private corps tend to make their buying decisions based on what works best. Whereas the public entities are far more political. They're prone to impose arbitrary standards that may hamper results and increase costs.

>
> I'll bet an 18 year old bottle of Glenmorangie TPC isn't mentioned,
> even once, in any of the meetings.

        Discussion of ROI would make far too much sense in that sort of environment.

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