Re: Linux betas NT in TPC testing, running Oracle8

On 22 Apr 1999 22:23:46 +0100, Shimpei Yamashita <shimpei+usenet+.mil+.gov_at_BOFH.submm.caltech.edu> wrote:
>Stephen Edwards <ja207030_at_primenet.com> writes:
>>: It's sponsored by more than one company (unlike the Mindcraft study),
>>: but I have to wonder if maybe Oracle deliberately cripples their NT
>>: version somehow.
>>
>>The test is completely bogus. But I'm not suprised in the slightest.
>>
>>"No specific operating system tuning was done, all the default NT services
>>were running, with the default priorities and system parameters."
>>
>>Oh no... not biased in the slightest.</SARCASM>
>
>Biased, no. Bogus, yes.
>
>At least it's a fair benchmark in that they tested both operating
>systems "out of the box," giving both machines equal attention (i.e.
>none), whereas the Mindcraft benchmark was unfair in that NT got a lot
>more tuning attention than Linux did. However, it is completely
>useless as a real-world benchmark because anyone who runs Oracle who
>cares one iota about performance is going to perform *some* amount of
>tuning, and get completely different results. At least the Mindcraft
>survey is useful reading if you run NT servers and want to know how to
>tune them up to the hilt.

I would speculate that combining the Mindcraft report with the response documents is likely to provide the most useful information, as the responses provide information on how to "do Linux right" in similar contexts.

One problem that they point out with the Mindcraft tuning process is the claim that the configuration that was used was, while "tuned to the hilt," also a configuration that would not be terribly stable in practice if any network problems were encountered.

I can't validate or invalidate such claims; it's certainly good "food for thought" for anyone who'd want to consider doing similar sorts of tuning.

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