Re: perfromance world records

Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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?

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.

Joshua D. Drake

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

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