"Nuno Souto" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
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> >
> > http://www.tpc.org/results/FDR/TPCC/hp_tpcc_sd1.5_fdr.pdf
> >
>
> Not bad. Of course, the scary thing is that IT managers
> will read this and ask their DBA's running 8.0 or 7.3 in their
> Pentium 2 PC's exactly why aren't they getting the same
> performance. Then obviously they won't believe the reply and will
> go and ask some consultancy company to come in and do a "review".
> Because "no way they can be running their Java stuff so slow".
> In all probability, the review will recommend they use the RBO,
> or some other crap...
Oh I don't give a damn about the benchmark itself, just thought dates and
prices were interesting and wondered if they bore any resemblance to
reality.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
>
> The more these things change, the more they stay the same!
> Get ready for the next round of meaningless benchmarks, folks.
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam
Received on Fri Aug 01 2003 - 02:50:29 CDT
