Re: Postgres vr.s Oracle

From: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: justin <justin(at)emproshunts(dot)com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Brian Hurt" <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres vr.s Oracle
Date: 2008-12-15 14:17:03
Message-ID: 36e682920812150617j14f4f455p41024f4cacf5c677@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> Well, then the first order of business would be to write a benchmark kit. I
> have been thinking for a while that we should make our own maintained
> version of the DBT+* suite, or whatever other suite is appropriate. And
> then start running it.

Agreed. For a start on TPC-C, EnterpriseDB has a closer version of the kit.

> The rest of this discussion, while interesting, cannot really lead to any
> improvements, because none of the results and analyses can be published.
> Like, you know, "I have these great insights into important problems, but I
> cannot tell you about them."

I will soon tell you, because Oracle gave me permission to publish.

> Is it possible to write a possibly eventually compliant benchmark kit under
> open-source terms?

I believe so.

--
Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA
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