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RE: 'Theoretical' SQL question

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Joe Pluta wrote:

TPC Results:

http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_perf_results.asp?resulttype=all&ver
sion=5&currencyID=0

SQL Server 2000 ranked 6th.  DB2 8.2 on a pSeries the leader by a HUGE
margin.  Also the cheapest (except for DB2 8.1 on a pSeries).  Another

Another significant part of this chart is that both IBM and Oracle have 4 of the top ten spots each, whereas MS SQL Server only has two. A similar count of operating systems shows AIX with 5, linux with 2, MS with 2, and HP UX with 1.

It would be interesting to see these results combined with the uptimes of each machine. Can each machine achieve such high results 24x7 for a year? Two years? Completely uninterrupted?

James Rich

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