Re: Postgres vr.s Oracle

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> Well, then the first order of business would be to write a benchmark kit.  I
> have been thinking for a while that we should make our own maintained
> version of the DBT+* suite, or whatever other suite is appropriate.  And
> then start running it.

Agreed.  For a start on TPC-C, EnterpriseDB has a closer version of the kit.

> The rest of this discussion, while interesting, cannot really lead to any
> improvements, because none of the results and analyses can be published.
>  Like, you know, "I have these great insights into important problems, but I
> cannot tell you about them."

I will soon tell you, because Oracle gave me permission to publish.

> Is it possible to write a possibly eventually compliant benchmark kit under
> open-source terms?

I believe so.

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