As of July 24, 2006
On July 24th, 2006 IBM published the first transaction processing benchmark for DB2 9. This TPC-C result with DB2 9 was run on a 64 core IBM System p5 595 and delivered an incredible 4,016,222 tpmC (transactions per minute) with a price performance of just 2.98 $/tpmC.
This result is 2.5x better than the best Oracle result. The DB2 9 price performance was also 40% better than Oracle's.
The benchmark simulated 3.2 million users of the database with a simulation of 320,000 warehouses to handle their orders; this equates to every country in the world having 1,658 warehouses. In fact, this simulated company has over 9.6 billion customers - that’s about 50% more than the population of the world at 6.6 billion people. The level of performance delivered by DB2 9 could complete a new purchase for every person in the planet in a mere 3 days!
About the benchmark
TPC-C™ — Evaluates online transaction processing using simulated order-entry and distribution environment applications.
Required TPC information
DB2 Enterprise 9 on 64-core IBM System p5 595; 4,016,222 tpmC, 2.98 $/tpmC, Available 12/20/06
vs.
Oracle 10g on 32-core IBM System p5 595; 1,601,785 tpmC; $5.05 $/tpmC; Available 04/20/05
vs.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on 62-core HP Integrity Superdome; 1,231,433 tpmC, $4.82/tpmC; Available: 06/05/06
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