http://freedb2.com/2010/02/08/power7-whats-in-it-for-the-free-db2-express-c/ on DB2 Express-C, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle XE, SQLServer Express and other free databases Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://freedb2.com/2010/02/08/power7-whats-in-it-for-the-free-db2-express-c/comment-page-1/#comment-7535 Leon Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:48:02 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1115#comment-7535 TPC-C is a very costly and involved benchmark. We have not done one for POWER 7. TPC-C is a very costly and involved benchmark. We have not done one for POWER 7.

]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/02/08/power7-whats-in-it-for-the-free-db2-express-c/comment-page-1/#comment-7408 TPC-C Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:02:49 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1115#comment-7408 >Early internal tests point to a 38% cost advantage for DB2 pureScale running on Power 780 turbo over Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) on Nehalem. Any TPC-C result for Power 7 & PureScale? >Early internal tests point to a 38% cost advantage for DB2 pureScale running on Power 780 turbo over Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) on Nehalem.
Any TPC-C result for Power 7 & PureScale?

]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/02/08/power7-whats-in-it-for-the-free-db2-express-c/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 Leon Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:05:43 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1115#comment-6499 The point is a simple one. Linux on Power is typically run in an LPAR. You can take one of these POWER7 machines and carve out a number of LPARs each capable of running 8 threads (2 cores) of DB2 Express-C. I do think that the new POWER7 machines are excellent for server consolidation. And, if the servers you are looking to consolidate are database servers running free DB2 Express-C, POWER7 machines make a lot of sense. Workload consolidation is one of the key value propositions for the POWER7 architecture. Marketing or not ... it makes sense to me. Maybe my logic is flawed, so I'd be interested to hear from others. The point is a simple one. Linux on Power is typically run in an LPAR. You can take one of these POWER7 machines and carve out a number of LPARs each capable of running 8 threads (2 cores) of DB2 Express-C. I do think that the new POWER7 machines are excellent for server consolidation. And, if the servers you are looking to consolidate are database servers running free DB2 Express-C, POWER7 machines make a lot of sense. Workload consolidation is one of the key value propositions for the POWER7 architecture. Marketing or not … it makes sense to me. Maybe my logic is flawed, so I’d be interested to hear from others.

]]> http://freedb2.com/2010/02/08/power7-whats-in-it-for-the-free-db2-express-c/comment-page-1/#comment-6476 db2fan Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:26:22 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=1115#comment-6476 sound like a desperate marketing effort..express-c run on two core max, so it run on 8 threads max. so why bother mentioning 8 cores, 32 threads..also purescale dont apply to express-c. sound like a desperate marketing effort..express-c run on two core max, so it run on 8 threads max. so why bother mentioning 8 cores, 32 threads..also purescale dont apply to express-c.

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