Title :
Why TPC-A and TPC-B are obsolete
Author_Institution :
Tandem Computers, Cupertino, CA, USA
Abstract :
The relevance and pitfalls of TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council) Benchmark A and B are examined. Several problems with the benchmarks are described, including flaws in the pricing model, the impact of terminals in the price/performance metric, the use of client/server configurations, and the use of specialized features to improve benchmark performance. Comparisons are made to TPC-C. The ways in which TPC-C addresses these problems are examined. It is noted that TPC-C substantially improves on TPC-A by testing more aspects of a system and addressing many of the problems which have occurred with TPC-A.<>
Keywords :
database management systems; transaction processing; Transaction Processing Performance Council; client/server configurations; database management systems; price/performance metric; pricing model; Banking; Councils; Documentation; Hardware; Lab-on-a-chip; Manufacturing; Pricing; Standards organizations; System performance; Transaction databases;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '93, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3400-6
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1993.289669
