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From: bgolden@infmx.UUCP (Bernard Golden)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: benchmarks
Keywords: TPC
Message-ID: <2715@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 89 22:34:53 GMT
Organization: Informix Software Inc., Menlo Park, CA.
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There has been some discussion in this group recently about the desire for a
'real' (i.e., 'trustable') benchmark for database products.  One of the
major complaints is that benchmarks with the same name (e.g., 'debit-credit')
vary from test to test and therefore test results are not directly 
comparable.

An organization called the Transaction Processing Performance Council has
been addressing this problem by developing a general benchmark that will 
not be subject to individual test tweaking.  Instead, the benchmark is
very specifically defined and no modification will be allowed.  Of course
individual test situations will be audited as well.  All of the major 
database vendors are participating in the Council.   Having the test
performed does not necessarily imply that the results must be made public,
however.  The benchmark is scheduled to be available in the very near
future.

-b


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