Oracle and Sun publish first TPC-C benchmark using flash technology

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TPC-C is an OLTP (online transaction processing) benchmark developed by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC). The TPC-C benchmark defines a rigorous standard for calculating performance and price/performance measured by transactions per minute (tpmC) and $/tpmC, respectively. More information is available at http://www.tpc.org/.

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As of October 11, 2009: Source: Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), www.tpc.org.
(1) 12-Node Sun SPARC Enteprise T5440 server cluster 7,717,510 tmpC, $2.34/tpmC, available 12/14/09.

(2) IBM Power 595 Server Model 9119-FHA, 6,085,166 tpmC, $2.81/tpmC, available 12/10/08 (Best IBM DB2 TPC-C result).

(3) Hardware size measured in racks of equipment as priced for the benchmarks.

(4) Based on average response time of New Order transaction in TPC-C benchmark.

(5) HP ProLiant ML350 G6 server running Oracle Database, 232,002 tpmC, $0.54/tpmC, available May 21, 2009.

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