Why not attach a hundred users and run the same test.  MySQL will be
licking *everyone's* boots.  Each and every program listed would
positively slam them into the floor and grind their face in the dirt
(unless they have made some monumental improvements recently).

If a single user database is wanted, MySQL is just the ticket.  When it
gets a bunch of users and has to do complex stuff, it goes into the
toilet.

As far as benchmarks go, TPC-C, TPC-H, TPC-W and TPC-R would be
interesting.  Trying to beat a toy database under silly conditions is a
waste of time.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Kings-Lynne [mailto:chriskl@familyhealth.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:40 PM
To: Hackers
Subject: [HACKERS] benchmarking postgres


Look at this: (top one)

http://www.mysql.com/information/benchmarks.html

Does anyone feel like running the MySQL benchmark against postgres 7.2
to
see if there's been a real speed improvement??

Chris


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Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:09:01 -0800
"Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>
Re: benchmarking postgres
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Dann Corbit wrote:

> Why not attach a hundred users and run the same test.  MySQL will be
> licking *everyone's* boots.  Each and every program listed would
> positively slam them into the floor and grind their face in the dirt
> (unless they have made some monumental improvements recently).
>
>> http://www.mysql.com/information/benchmarks.html
>>
>> Does anyone feel like running the MySQL benchmark against postgres 7.2
>> to
>> see if there's been a real speed improvement??

Why don't we have some pretty graphs like that on the postgres site?  I
agree that the mysql tests against single user are useless,  but users see
the FUD of pretty pictures and are mislead.  If mysql is giving out
information like that,  shouldn't we also have some pretty pictures?  If
they exist,  i've never seen them on the main site.

Thoughts..

- Brandon


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Wed, 13 Feb 2002 06:56:14 -0500 (EST)
bpalmer <bpalmer@crimelabs.net>
Re: benchmarking postgres