Re: Liars Figure and Figures Lie - Sybase ad

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Odum <bodum@magicnet.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Liars Figure and Figures Lie - Sybase ad


>they are also compairing it to a old as400 not the new servers where they
>came out ahead of this run.  You always can have the best system if you get
>to pick out the compairason's
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Larkin <blarkin@wt.net>
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>Date: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 5:02 AM
>Subject: Liars Figure and Figures Lie - Sybase ad
>
>
>>Computter World, March 23, 1998 Page 39
>>Full page ad touting Sybase Adaptive Server as "The Fastest Database".
>>Compared to Oracle , DB2/400, and Sql Server (Duh)
>>Big question, why does DB2 appear so slow. No details on hardware
>>configuration, except AS/400e 12 processor.  Their web site
>>http://www.sybase.com/adaptiveserver/tpc_98/press_release.html
>>lists a TpmC of 25,150 at $125/TpmC for DB2, 52,117 TpmC at $81/TpmC for
>>Sysbase on an HP 9000 V-Class Enterprise Server running on only 16
>>PA-8200 240MHz processors.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but "AS/400e 12 processor" implies either an S40 or
a 650, which are current models.  The old models 53S and 530 both maxed at 4
processors, to the best of my knowledge.  I would want to know a whole lot
more about memory, DASD, and tuning on the /400 compared to the others
before I'd put ANY credence in this claim.


Dave Shaw, General Nutrition, Greenville, SC (just down the road from BMW -
Bubba Makes Wheels :)
The opinions expressed may not be my employer's unless I'm sufficiently
persuasive...


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