Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!shamash!jeff From: jeff@u02.svl.cdc.com (Jeff Needham) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: TPC-B - is this really progress? Message-ID: <31798@shamash.cdc.com> Date: 28 Mar 91 03:02:54 GMT Article-I.D.: shamash.31798 References: <1991Mar27.211436.12985@cello.hpl.hp.com> Sender: usenet@shamash.cdc.com Lines: 16 renglish@cello.hpl.hp.com (Bob English) writes: >In addition, TPC-A numbers are difficult to get. It takes many runs, >using lots of equipment, to get an accurate assessment. For systems not >intended for the marketplace described above, this level of effort is >difficult to justify. Amen -- Waiting for the Oracle port to the Oberheim OB-Xa | Jeffrey Needham | Yet Another Oracle Performance Group | Control Data - Santa Clara, CA - INTERNET jeff@hawk.svl.cdc.com