Re: [GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-26 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 2/24/07, Tomi N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's the kind of leverage I'd like to have when talking about using pgsql with my colleagues. Anyone care to comment? The name brand test are basically paid pr for the big databases. Basically, the tests are in environments controlled completel

Re: [GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-25 Thread Tomi N/A
2007/2/25, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: If the objective is to claim a world record, we'd look pretty silly trying to do so with a nonstandard, non-certified test. The point of certification in this context is that you have someone else attesting to the validity of your results. Without that,

Re: [GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-25 Thread Tom Lane
"Tomi N/A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2007/2/24, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> You can not publish TPC tests without a TPC fee :). However there are >> plenty of other tests such as dbt2 and odbcbench that can give you >> comparable and free results. > I mentioned a TPC test as an exa

Re: [GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-25 Thread Tomi N/A
2007/2/24, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/24/07 11:00, Tom Lane wrote: >>> "Tomi N/A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ...which made me think: postgresql aims at the same (or very similar) clients and use cases as Oracle, DB2 and MSSQL. I pose the question >>

Re: [GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/24/07 11:00, Tom Lane wrote: >>> "Tomi N/A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ...which made me think: postgresql aims at the same (or very similar) clients and use cases as Oracle, DB2 and MSSQL. I pose the question from an advocacy standpoint: why doesn't postgr

Re: [GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/24/07 11:00, Tom Lane wrote: > "Tomi N/A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> ...which made me think: postgresql aims at the same (or very similar) >> clients and use cases as Oracle, DB2 and MSSQL. I pose the question >> from an advocacy standpoint:

Re: [GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-24 Thread Tom Lane
"Tomi N/A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ...which made me think: postgresql aims at the same (or very similar) > clients and use cases as Oracle, DB2 and MSSQL. I pose the question > from an advocacy standpoint: why doesn't postgresql hold a world > record of some sort (except performance/price)?

Re: [GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Tomi N/A wrote: > I just ran into an article about Oracle setting a world record in some > kind of test: > http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2007_feb/TPC-H_300GB_Benchmark_wHP.html?rssid=rss_ocom_pr > > > ...which made me think: postgresql aims at the same (or very similar) > clients and use

[GENERAL] perfromance world records

2007-02-24 Thread Tomi N/A
I just ran into an article about Oracle setting a world record in some kind of test: http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2007_feb/TPC-H_300GB_Benchmark_wHP.html?rssid=rss_ocom_pr ...which made me think: postgresql aims at the same (or very similar) clients and use cases as Oracle, DB2 and MSSQ