Looks like it was a design contest not a benchmark to me. Surprise, surprise, the team that personally designs a DBMS has the best performing DBMS. The second place winner, Alexander Burger, is the author of the solution he used: Pico LISP. The third place team, MonetDB, used their solution, MonetDB.
The results tell me that people who write databases can write good apps that use those same databases. And the world collectively says "O RLY?". -- Brandon Aiken CS/IT Systems Engineer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Caduto Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 4:33 PM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] Postgresql mentioned on Newsforge MySQL article http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/06/08/28/1738259.shtml Don't know the validity of this dvd order test they did, but the article claims Postgresql only did 120 OPM. Seems a little fishy to me. -- Tony Caduto AM Software Design http://www.amsoftwaredesign.com Home of PG Lightning Admin for Postgresql Your best bet for Postgresql Administration ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
