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March 02, 2000 07:02 PM

Federated Databases and Flying Pink Elephants

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Brian Moran
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Last week, I pronounced SQL Server the "fastest database in the known universe," at least according to the industry-standard TPC-C benchmark. In case you haven't heard, SQL Server 2000 posted a TPC-C score of 227,079 transactions per minute (tpmC), topping the next fastest non-Microsoft score (running on Oracle) of 135,815. (To review last week's column or see http://www.tpc.org for information about the TPC-C test.)

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This article is very impressive. It shows how much Microsoft is achieving and how much stable SQL Server is now.
But I would like to have some case studies on Federated Databases and How-to- implements for the same.
I shall be very much thankful to u for ur response.

Regards


Mandeep11/19/2003 12:48:34 AM

Great article...glad someone finally said something about those damn high end servers that no one except God himself can afford.

Chris Stella 3/6/2000 5:51:19 PM

This generates the opportunity to adopt a new marketing slogan.... "SQL Server - The Ultimate Elephant Gun!"

Alan Fischer 3/3/2000 10:15:13 AM

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