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To: tonyt who wrote (85344)	10/9/2000 2:05:54 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) of 97611

This should be good for at least a quarter point drop: :)) Cluster sets new database speed record Edging out an IBM result from July, Compaq and Microsoft last week turned in the highest-ever throughput on the TPC-C benchmark tests. By Timothy Dyck, eWEEK October 8, 2000 9:00 PM PT By taking the now well-demonstrated clustering path to performance, Compaq Computer Corp. and Microsoft Corp. last week scored the highest-ever throughput on the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C database benchmark while maintaining one of the best price/performance ratios among all TPC-C results. The cluster reached a stable peak throughput of 505,302.77 transactions per minute at a five-year cost of ownership of just under $10.5 million.... The Compaq/Microsoft result edged out an IBM (NYSE: IBM) result from July by taking advantage of slightly newer hardware -- in particular, 15,000-rpm SCSI Ultra3 Compaq drives, which have been shipping for only a few months -- and using 192 CPUs to IBM's 128 CPUs. ... zdnet.com

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