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Oracle on Linux edges SQL Server in benchmark (Register)
The Register
reports on
the results of a recent Oracle benchmark, where Linux was 14 percent
faster than Microsoft SQL Server.
"The results come from running Oracle9i Database Release 2 with Real
Application Clusters on Linux against Microsoft SQL Server 2000 on a
32-processor cluster configuration, with identical processors and the same
amount of memory per CPU."
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Nothing like an apples to truck tires comparison... Posted Sep 18, 2002 13:20 UTC (Wed) by sphealey (guest, #1028) [Link] What is the value of such numbers? Even to an evil Marketing department? My 10 year old child would immediately point out that benchmarking two applications on two different platforms introduces so many variables that the comparison is worse than useless. This isn't even an apples to oranges comparison: it is more like apples to floor wax.sPh
Very poorly written Posted Sep 18, 2002 14:52 UTC (Wed) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] The same text "Oracle achieved 138,362.03 tpmC and a price performance of $17.21/tpmC" appears twice in the article. There is too few information about the hardware, and even less information about the software, on top of which Microsoft SQL server was running. Was it Windows NT, 2000, XP or maybe (just kidding) Wine on Linux?Editors, please ignore poor articles. And be careful with The Register.
Oracle on Linux edges SQL Server in benchmark (Register) Posted Sep 18, 2002 16:38 UTC (Wed) by lance (guest, #2263) [Link] And how does PostgreSQL stack up?
Oracle on Linux edges SQL Server in benchmark (Register) Posted Jun 24, 2003 11:48 UTC (Tue) by johanroos (guest, #12360) [Link] The apples narrative is fine but what do you do if you can't compare SQL server to anything else because it only supports Microsoft?So just because you can't compare the two on Linux means that SQL server will always be better because it is only for Microsoft? This is a very valid comparison because it compares a SOLUTION and not a DB.
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