Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

    
    
    So far the only thing Oracle is doing is preparing installation
    instructions for use when customers want to bring up Oracle
    under 5.0. Where they are getting their information I don't
    know.........but I assume it is from 5.0 beta sites (gasp !).
    
    
    
    				Mike McGovern
    
    
    
    
    
    
    				

    According to my customer, Oracle reports that they are running under
    5.0 and everything runs fine.  However, they will not be prepared
    to take advantage of the VAX 62xx architecture until Oracle 6.0,
    due out in the near (June?) future.  There may be a trap in this
    information, isn't 6.0 the release that is being called TPS and
    doesn't it have separate license fees.?  Oracle has stated that
    an unload/reload will be necessary, but to the best of my knowledge,
    they have not assured code compatibility.

    It's my understanding that Oracle v6.0 will be the standard upgrade.
    Oracle*TPS will be an optional module at extra cost. The new
    high-performance SQL (that's right, the performance fix is in the
    language, not the database engine), PL/SQL, will be incompatible
    with the current SQL (or so Paine-Webber says).
    
    ---- Michael Booth

    I have scheduled a testing session on 12/13 September 1988 to
    prove/disprove that Oracle will run under VMS V5 on an VAX 8820.
    Oracle are assisting with this activity. We will not be benchmarking
    Oracle, but hope to prove that Oracle's acceptance procedures run correctly
    under VMS V5 on a VAX 8820. We have to undertake this trial for
    contractual reasons.
    
    Has anyone already undertaken a VMS V5 trial on an SMP VAX (62xx or 88xx)?
    
    Regards,
    Colin Murray
    SWAS Livingston, Scotland
        
                             

    
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    I to would be very interested to hear if anyone has trialed Oracle
    on VMS V5 as we have to benchmark this combination in about 3 weeks
    time on an 8820 .
    Any info gratefully recieved . 
 
    Cheers 
    
    Kevin .

    Colin and Kevin-
    Please call Dave Bourque,US-Northeast Area-Sales, assigned to Hartford
    Insurance Group Sales Team.  His customer (mine, too) has conducted
    a V5.0 test to determine the compatibility of our respective products.
    Our on-site SWS person saw some problems: the customer daid the
    results were satisfactory.  We have had a hard time getting the
    real answer (the CIO has designated Oracle as the 4GL/DBMS of choice,
    which may explain the obfuscation).
    
    Dave (he may kill me) can be reached at DTN 325-1801 during normal
    East Coast US working hours.  We also have Voice-Mail: just re-dial
    the last four digits when you get the very inpersonal message!
    
    P.S.  The customer is deploying a 6220 with complete confidence,
    so either it worked or they have a promise!
    
    Sincerely,
    
    Joe

    We have a customer in Australia who has run a test of Oracle v5.1.22
    on a VAX 6220. In summary the results were:
    
    	o 6220 throughput was approx twice that of a 6210
    
    	o 6220 throughput was approx 90% of 8550 throughput
    
    Similar disk configurations were used although the 6220 had more
    memory than the 8550.
    
    The tests were batch runs using the playback facility of SQL*FORMS
    to provide the input data streams.
    
    The customer is a beta site for Oracle v6.0 which has just been
    installed. No testing has yet been carried out.
    
    Regards,
    
    	Alan

    Have done a benchmark with 6210 -6240 machines. The results tended
    to indicate that linear anvances in response times as additional
    processors were added.
    
    Obviously when I hit I/O bottlenecks, this figure became distorted.
    SQL was used to do the enquiries and updates on the database.
    
    The tests were not exhaustive but gave a flavour of expected
    performance on a Customers database.
    
                       Martin B