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August 28, 2006 | Comments: (0)
MySQL wins database speed contest
The results are in, and MySQL came out on top. C't just did a comparison of different databases and found that MySQL is the "fastest database application." The magazine's editors held the contest to evaluate database performance in real-world business use by creating a standard online inventory system.
From the announcement:
"The DVD shop created by MySQL is the hands-down winner of the performance crown. It clearly demonstrates the capabilities of a carefully configured MySQL/PHP application.”The MySQL DVD online store was able to process 3,664 orders per minute (opm). If a second computer had been used, the figure would have gone up to 6,000 opm, indicating that MySQL is business ready. No more of this silly nonsense about it being a low-end utility database. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
(You can see the full results from the contest here.)
Posted by Matt Asay on August 28, 2006 10:15 AM
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Too bad I don't read German. Full results link not too useful to this spoiled English only American.
Bret
Posted by: Bret Hughes at August 28, 2006 10:42 AMIch bin traurig. Ich verstehe nicht. Sprechen Sie Deutsches?
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Posted by: Matt Asay at August 28, 2006 10:45 AMHogwash. Compared to what? The link to the announcement was in German so it's hard to tell what was compared. However, is this a measure of MySQL or PHP or the careful coding of expert programmers regardless of persistence layer or development language?
In normal experiments that draw meaningful conclusions there are three kinds of variables:
Independent - The variable that's changed
Constant - The variables the remain the same
Dependent - The variable that changes in response to the independent variable.
I don't see any such care taken in this comparison nor do I see a full population of independent variables. All databases were not recognized nor were all languages.
Posted by: Rob Radina at August 28, 2006 04:45 PMAhh...another one of those test where it's really the best PHP application that wins! Check the chart on page 193 - this is just hype...
Posted by: Joe Schmoe at August 28, 2006 04:47 PMIch spreche deutsch. Aber probiere is mal mit einem Online Translator.
Posted by: Rechtsanwalt Strafrecht at April 19, 2007 09:36 AM
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