Re: perfromance world records

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: perfromance world records
Date: 2007-02-24 17:17:45
Message-ID: 45E07339.8060506@cox.net
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On 02/24/07 11:00, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Tomi N/A" <hefest(at)gmail(dot)com> 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)?
>
> Certified TPC tests are *expensive* to run. If you search the PG
> archives for "TPC" you will probably find some relevant prior
> discussions.

What about non-certified tests?

Or has the TPC copyrighted/licensed/whatever the tests, so that you
can only publish certified results?

> FWIW, Josh has given the impression that Sun is working on producing
> certified TPC-E results with PG.

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