> > Now clearly, there are some advantages to the Oracle RAC configuration
that
> > DB2 does not have, but cost of initial investment or cost of ownership
is
> > not one of them.
> >
> "Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
> I do note (in passing and completely facetiously) that the IBM result
> has a stunning $13.8 million discount off the nearly $30 million price
tag.
>
> So at the very least, even the mention of a potential Oracle RAC
> configuration (perhaps running on Linux) should be good for at least a
> similar 47% discount on hardware from IBM. Now there is an advantage of
> an Oracle RAC configuration that even DB2 users can partake of :-P
>
I am fairly sure that all Oracle benchmarks on IBM servers have included
that same discount. I believe that other hardware vendors also include their
normal discounts, but some vendors have lower list prices and don't discount
as heavily. You must thing that the Oracle people who work with the TPC or
on TPC benchmarks are not very smart if they didn't already account for
this. This is a complete non-issue.
Received on Mon Jan 31 2005 - 10:50:59 CST
