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Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:19:14 +0800
From: Craig Ringer <ringerc@ringerc.id.au>
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CC: Reza Taheri <rtaheri@vmware.com>,
	"Andy Bond (abond@redhat.com)" <abond@redhat.com>,
	Greg Kopczynski <gregwk@vmware.com>, Jignesh Shah <jshah@vmware.com>,
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Subject: Re: Introducing the TPC-V benchmark, and its relationship
	to PostgreSQL
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On 07/04/2012 07:08 AM, Reza Taheri wrote:

> ... so the subcommittee moved forward with developing its own 
> reference kit. The reference kit has been developed to run on 
> PostgreSQL, and we are focusing our development efforts and testing on 
> PostgreSQL.
That's a very positive step. The TPC seems to me to have a pretty poor 
reputation among open source database users and vendors. I think that's 
largely because the schema and tools are typically very closed and 
restrictively licensed, though the prohibition against publishing 
benchmarks by big commercial vendors doesn't help.

This sounds like a promising change. The TPC benchmarks are really good 
for load-testing and regression testing, so having one that's directly 
PostgreSQL friendly will be a big plus, especially if it is 
appropriately licensed.

The opportunity to audit the schema, queries, and test setup before the 
tool is finalized would certainly be appealing. What can you publish in 
draft form now?

What license terms does the TPC plan to release the schema, queries, and 
data for TPC-V under?

I've cc'd Greg Smith and Dave Page, both of whom I suspect will be 
interested in this development but could easily miss your message. If 
you haven't read Greg' book "PostgreSQL High Performance" it's probably 
a good idea to do so.

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Craig Ringer