Re: perfromance world records

["Tomi N/A" <hefest(at)gmail(dot)com>]

2007/2/24, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 02/24/07 11:00, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>> "Tomi N/A" <hefest(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >>>> ...which made me think: postgresql aims at the same (or very similar)
> >>>> clients and use cases as Oracle, DB2 and MSSQL. I pose the question
> >>>> from an advocacy standpoint: why doesn't postgresql hold a world
> >>>> record of some sort (except performance/price)?
> >>> Certified TPC tests are *expensive* to run.  If you search the PG
> >>> archives for "TPC" you will probably find some relevant prior
> >>> discussions.
> >
> > What about non-certified tests?
> >
> > Or has the TPC copyrighted/licensed/whatever the tests, so that you
> > can only publish certified results?
>
> You can not publish TPC tests without a TPC fee :). However there are
> plenty of other tests such as dbt2 and odbcbench that can give you
> comparable and free results.

I mentioned a TPC test as an example: any kind of (well known)
"standard" test would do.
I guess it goes without saying anyone running such a test would do
well to send word to the mailing list with a URL to the results. :)

t.n.a.