Just a few years ago i was putting up slides with 32way risc platforms barely breaking the 1million TPC/C barrier. Now you can achieve this result with 8 Xeon processors, and at nearly half the cost per tpm of the nearest competition. If anyone wondered if Xeon can handle their big ERP/CRM workloads, the answer is yes. Anyone deploying MP systems that aren't Xeon 7400 must not be paying attention. I can't wait to see the impact SSDs have on these numbers. This is a great time to be Intel.
Great post, very well explained. Has given me an idea for a project actually so thanks to you!
Incredible result from IBM with 1.2 million in TPC-C!!! Wow!!!