Re: IMHO article on database performance

Yep this matches what I've seen. One of my customers made such a claim too and he even 'proved' it by putting the entire data set onto Linux and MySQL and showing us that MySQL outperformed DB2. Problem was, he was the ONLY user hitting his Dual Processor MySQL/Linux system while the full onslaught of public users were banging away on the single core POWER5 system during his test. Even then he only 'won' by a few percentage points.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis



On 3/8/2011 1:49 PM, James Rich wrote:

At David's request, I posted an article on imho.midrange.com comparing
some performance tests I did with the IBM i vs. MySQL. The article URL
is: http://urlq.us/7

As a side note, the article mentions some posts I made on this list
several years ago which now I can't exactly remember. Searching in the
archives didn't reveal what I remembered, but no matter. I remember
saying some rather brash things and Joe Pluta called me on it. I
apologize, Joe. Email me to claim your Coke! :)

James Rich

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when you're done reading them :)
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