TPC-E, in the news
Monday Mar 19, 2007
The new OLTP database benchmark TPC-E is finally getting more press, it is designed to be much better than the overly simplistic TPC-C. Here is a sample of the stories today:
http://www.enterprisenetworksandservers.com/newsflash/art.php?707 writes:
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"The TPC-E benchmark is the much-anticipated successor to TPC-C, the popular yardstick for comparing On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) performance on various hardware and software configurations. TPC-E defines a sophisticated workload representative of real-world OLTP applications."
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh031907-story07.html writes:
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"TPC-C test, which is a lot more transaction than such a box in the field can usually do. This just goes to show how relatively skinny and simple TPC-C code is."
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"The new standard replaces the outdated TPC-C standard, which does not fully account for the way servers and databases now interact with each other, since processors have become ever more powerful and storage technology has changed."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286370,00.htm writes:
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"...TPC-C dealt with simpler data and operations stored in nine tables that simulated inventory management at a warehouse."
"...TPC-C was widely used for this task — but servers and databases have changed a lot since its debut in July 1992."
"'TPC-C is at the end of its life. It's time for a new benchmark,' said Andreas Hotea, who leads the effort to publicise TPC-E. "
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/03/19/tcp_new_tests/ writes:
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"The introduction of a new benchmark is bound to reinvigorate enterprise software and server vendors. For years the innovation reflected in their product strategies has been matched only by the ingenuity they have shown in gaming the TPC's benchmarks, and selectively quoting results in their marketing materials."
Oh, that last one really hit it, we've talked about that a lot in this blog, and show specific """ingenuity""" ...what a word. http://blogs.sun.com/bmseer/entry/ibm_too_tricky_for_good
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