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To: paul who wrote (34319)	8/10/2000 11:45:56 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Re: "16 System boards in 1 E10K gives you well 16 mighty S80's since it seems that they can only compete against Sun's 4 way servers." May I ask how you came to this conclusion?? THE WATSONYOUTH

To: paul who wrote (34319)	8/11/2000 8:42:44 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

paul - I would hardly hold up OPS as an example of a partitionable database. OPS attempts to present a single image via a DLM and shared storage, exactly the opposite of partitionable data management with distributed queries. The IBM benchmark was run on DB2. Oracle will need a whole new architecture to support partitioned and distributed queries in any serious way. The weak spot in IBM's story is simply the lack of penetration outside of Big Blue accounts for either their database or S80 technology. As far as real-world examples, there are plenty - they just don't happen to be in the volume mainstream. Architecturally, one can look at either DB2 or other long-standing examples like Tandem's partitionable SQL, both of which have been around for a long time, to see the benefits for the kind of data now being stored to support the web. I am hardly arguing against either the UE10000 or SUNW performance - I hold SUNW, not IBM. But this particular spin by SUNW is just an attempt to put a finger on the dike while they get their next generation story together.