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From: "Bob Jones" <email@me.not>
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"Shakespeare" <whatsin@xs4all.nl> wrote in message 
news:4a29438f$0$186$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> Mark D Powell schreef:
>> On Jun 5, 9:09 am, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla...@bogus.email.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Oracle and HP have recently performed some benchmark testing of blade 
>>> server
>>> RAC, in combination with Exadata storage servers. The combination, of 
>>> course,
>>> topped the chart, as can be seen here:
>>>
>>> http://structureddata.org/2009/06/03/oracle-and-hp-take-back-1-spot-f...
>>>
>>> The funy thing here is that the database used was Oracle RDBMS 11g 
>>> RELEASE 2.
>>> RELEASE 2??? Is it for benchmark purposes only or will there be 
>>> something for
>>> the general population?
>>>
>>> --http://mgogala.freehostia.com
>>
>> I read that the benchmark requires the code be "production" or that
>> the production date be given.  The note stated the date listed was Dec
>> 1.  It did not mention a year but I would guess is is 2009.
>>
>> HTH -- Mark D Powell --
>
> Sadly enough, the number 1 is more than 5 times as expensive as number 
> 2...... to be only 15% faster (measured in QphH)
>
> Shakespeare

There is got to be more than just raw speed or people would be lining up to 
buy Exasol.