Re: Re[2]: Oracle on Compaq Alpha under TRU64

From: Frank Evans <evansf_at_ohsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 17:35:47 -0700
Message-Id: <10491.105204@fatcity.com>

What's your point. We have no idea of how much data is involved to do any kind of comparsion. We have no idea of the type file systems (RAID?,etc).

We have no idea of how many cpu's were in the Compaq box. The only thing we know is that that you are making random comparsions of HP to Compaq.

The ES40 which is a mid-range system comes with 500mhz or 667mhz cpu's. I = do not
recall ES40 with 440mhz cpu's? =20

>>> dgoulet_at_vicr.com 5/8/00 7:44:22 AM >>>
Ok, I'm missing something here. To build and populate a database, from a = full
DB export, on the Compaq ES40 that we were demo'ing took in excess of 2 = hours.=20
Doing the same on an HP9000 N2000 class took only 45 minutes. I've got to = go
back to a very old HP9000 847 to get performance similar to the Compaq and = at
that the build/import time was a grand total of 1 hour & 55 minutes. Sure = the
Compaq is cheaper that the HP hardware, but for an application that has a = design
response goal of less than 5 minutes something here is dead wrong.

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Author: "Frank Evans" <evansf_at_ohsu.edu>
Date:       5/5/00 2:54 PM

Oracle on Compaq Tru64 (4100's and ES40's) in our evaluations and = environment
are extremly fast. More bang for the buck than HP, Sun etc.

thanks frank

>>> dgoulet_at_vicr.com 5/5/00 11:18:50 AM >>>
Hey Folks,

The other day three of us from my company went down to a Compaq site = to try
out an Alpha 440MHZ machine with TRU64 as the OS. To put matters in a = short
sentence, performance was a joke at best. I'm rather inclined to believe = it was
the particular machine we were using as it is used for lots of demo work & = is
consequently a mess. Do any of you TRU64 users out there seeing the same performance???

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Vicor Corporation

Dilbert's Salary Theorem

Technicians & Engineers can never earn more than Managers. This is = because:

Power =3D Work/Time
Knowledge =3D Power
Time =3D Money
therefore Knowledge =3D Work/Money
Solving for Money gives Money =3D Work/Knowledge Now as Knowledge decreases to 0, Money heads for infinity regardless of = Work.
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