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To: SunSpot who wrote (47252)	6/25/2000 2:41:00 PM
From: ProDeath	Read Replies (1) of 74651

the TPC benchmark is a very important sales argument for Microsoft Windows And not much more than a sales argument. TPC-C is the one most often cited, and TPC-C doesn't reflect mixed workloads such as one commonly finds in the real world. In any case, when I prorate this benchmark versus reliability experience and take into account not merely acquisition cost but cost incurred by system failures, the dollars just don't add up for an NT platform. Your point about application design and tuning is much more relevant. This is particularly so when one considers a database server platform's functionality in this regard. For example, Oracle is a much more tunable beast than Mickeysoft Squeaky Server. So, you're quite right. Benchmarks are primarily sales tools and of little significance in meeting system performance requirements.

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