Interesting, I went to the web page and clicked on the link "Putting database performance to the test" and got the following message
Could not Connect to DB: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][TCP/IP Sockets]SQL Server does not exist or access denied. Oh well, maybe they were mad because they lost! John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >At first glance it looks like they could have done more to tune Oracle. >Certain tables could have been cached (or buffer pools could have been >used). They're only using a 4K db block so it would have been nice to see >tests with 8K and 16K db blocks. Sort area size may need tuning. I'd like to >see some tkprof on the queries and see what the most expensive queries are >in terms of CPU, I/O, and number of executions. It would be nice to see >database results on Linux... It would be cool to see what some focused >tuning efforts could do but who has time for that? > >Anyone have any other tuning suggestions for eWeek? > >Time for the tuning DBA guru's to shine. :-) > > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:53 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >Anybody happen to see the cover story on the 02/25/2002 iss of eWeek titled >"Database Clash"? > >The pretty graphs say that their tests showed that Oracle and MySQL rocked >the other DBs they tested (including MS SQueaL Server). So I investigated. >I went to http://www.eweek.com/ and downloaded the "Online Exclusive: >Download our configuration and tuning scripts". > >According to the Oracle setup docs in there, they're NOT using MTS and >processes in init.ora is 150. So then how did they test for 1000 >"concurrent Web clients"? > >Anyone have a thought? > > >Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ora NT DBA INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
