On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Andy Sy wrote: .. > If you look at tpc.org, Microsoft solutions dominate the top > results in the different benchmarks (followed by the big-iron > commercial Unixes). Linux does manage to come first place in > one of them but this seems to be the lone exception (and it's > not even Linux/x86). > > How independent is TPC.org anyway?
TPC is not that relevant because all the vendors "stack the deck" to get good results. For example, the Linux top scorer with SGI Xeon boxes and IBM DB2 7.2 (TPC-C, 50GB category) was with a two-way 8-CPU cluster! Most people with 50GB databases will be running it on 2- or 4-way boxes only, not a 16-way. The reason SQL Server 2000 gets such good results has less to do with M$ than with Intel. M$ SQL always gets top $/tpmC because Intel hardware is (relatively) cheaper than other hardware. For example, an 8-way Intel Pentium III Xeon 800MHz machine has more performance than an 8-way Sun Fire 680 with 750MHz processor because the Xeon is a beefier processor than the UltraSparc III. And the Intel box is cheaper. -- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
