Re: HP and Oracle Team.The alliance of the Kings.
From: Michael Austin <maustin_at_firstdbasource.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:03:15 -0600
Message-ID: <2V1ll.17500$c45.6064_at_nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>
Carlos wrote:
> On 6 feb, 16:38, Michael Austin <maus..._at_firstdbasource.com> wrote:
>
> Are you serious? Which Teradata SW/HW configuration? On the DW arena,
> Teradata is years before Oracle. (especially on +10 TB area). 'Shared
> Nothing' rules for DW!
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:03:15 -0600
Message-ID: <2V1ll.17500$c45.6064_at_nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>
Carlos wrote:
> On 6 feb, 16:38, Michael Austin <maus..._at_firstdbasource.com> wrote:
>> I "have been told" (big grain of salt applied) that the same >> query executed on a Niteeza and Teradata server was killed after 23+ hrs >> and completed in 43 seconds on the Exadata server. 4x2TB tables >> joined w/no indexing looking for specific data.
>
> Are you serious? Which Teradata SW/HW configuration? On the DW arena,
> Teradata is years before Oracle. (especially on +10 TB area). 'Shared
> Nothing' rules for DW!
As stated, this was from the Oracle group that tested and compared these products and performs Proof of Concepts - I cannot tell you which Teradata configuration was used in the test (personally I have never been impressed with them at all).
I would say that "years before" ![necessarily]= "better than" <anything>. Sometimes it takes later generations of really smart people to fix the problems and the paradigms of the past.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Carlos.
Received on Thu Feb 12 2009 - 17:03:15 CST