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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (38022)2/17/2000 2:25:00 PM
From: The Duke of URL©  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
Bill G will be on CNBC right after speech, at around 11:25 PST, according to Maria.



To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (38022)2/17/2000 6:53:00 PM
From: ericneu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
TPC-C-Today first time trying 12-way. 230MM transactions........
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From tpc.org

Top Ten TPC-C Results by Performance


Rank Company System tpmC Price/tpmC System Availability Database Operating System TP Monitor Date Submitted
1 ProLiant 8500-96P 227079 19.12 US $ 08/01/00 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft COM+ 02/17/00
2 ProLiant 8500-64P 152207 18.93 US $ 08/01/00 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft COM+ 02/17/00

3 RISC System 6000 Enterprise Server S80 135815 52.70 US $ 03/01/00 Oracle 8i V8.1.6 IBM AIX 4.3.3 IBM TXSeries 4.2 for AIX 10/29/99
4 Escala EPC 2400 c/s 135815 54.94 US $ 03/01/00 Oracle 8i V8.1.6 IBM AIX 4.3.3 IBM TXSeries 4.2 for AIX 11/05/99
5 Enterprise 6500 Cluster 135461 97.10 US $ 01/31/00 Oracle8i Ent. Edition 8.1.6.0 Sun Solaris 2.6 BEA Tuxedo 6.3 09/24/99
6 Starfire Enterprise 10000 115395 105.63 US $ 08/22/99 Oracle 8i v.8.1.5.1 Sun Solaris 7 BEA Tuxedo 6.3 03/24/99
7 RS 6000 Enterprise Server S70 110434 122.44 US $ 06/30/99 Oracle Oracle8 V8.0.5 IBM AIX 4.3.2 IBM TXSeries 4.2 for AIX 06/30/99
8 AlphaServer 8400 8Node 96CPU Cluster (c/s) 102541 139.49 US $ 09/15/98 Oracle Oracle8 Enterprise Edition 8.0 Digital Digital UNIX 4.0D Digital TP Web Server-DB V1.1 05/05/98
9 9000 Model V2500 102023 63.21 US $ 11/30/99 Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.0 HP HP-UX 11.00 BEA Tuxedo 6.4 08/24/99
10 ProLiant PDC/O2000-6 101657 35.68 US $ 03/31/00 Oracle 8i V8.1.6 Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Edition 4.0 Compaq DB Web Connector 02/11/00


Not only are the top two raw performers now Microsoft-based, they also both come in at under $20/tpmC.

The top ten price/performance results continue to be all Windows-based as well.

These results rock.

- Eric