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Table 1TPC-C ResultsPrice1NumberSystem Throughput Performance of CPUs DateAlphaserver 8400 51350, 14,227 tpmC 8269ltpmC 10 May 1996Oracle Rdb7 V7.0, OpenVMS V7.0Alphaserver 8400 51350, 14,176 tpmC 8198ltpmC 10 May 1996Sybase SQL Server 11 .O, Digital UIVIX,iTi TuxedoAlphaserver 8400 51350,lnformix V7.21, Digital UNIX, iTi TuxedoSun Ultra Enterprise 5000,Sybase SQL Server V 11.0.2Alphaserver 8400 51350,Oracle7, Digital UNIX, iTi TuxedoAlphaserver 8400 51300,Sybase SQL Server 11 .O, Digital UNIX,iTi TuxedoAlphaserver 8400 51300,Oracle7, Digital UNIX, iTi TuxedoSGI CHALLENGE XL Server,INFORMIX-OnLine V7.1, IRIX, IMC TuxedoHP 9000 Corporate Business Server,Sybase SQL Server 11,HP-UX, IMC TuxedoHP 9000 Corporate Business Server,Oracle7, HP-UX, IMC TuxedoSun SPARCcenter 2OOOEOracle7, Solaris, TuxedoSun SPARCcenter ZOOOE,INFORMIX-OnLine 7.1,Solaris, TuxedoIBlVl RSl6000 PowerPC R30,DB2 for AIX, AIX, IMC TuxedoIBM RS16000 PowerPC J30,DB2 for AIX, AIX, IMC Tuxedo13,646.17 tpmC11,465.93 tpmC1 1,456.13 tpmC11,014.10 tpmC9,414.06 tpmC6.31 3.78 tpmC5,621 .OO tprnC5,369.68 tpmC5,124.21 tpmC3,534.20 tpmCMarch 1996April 1996December 1995December 1995October 1995November 1995May 1995May 1995April 1996July 1995June 1995June 1995Table 2Amount of Memory versus Back-end tpm, Database-cache Miss Rate, and lnstructions per TransactionDatabaseMemory(G B)Back-end(Normalizedtpm)RelativeDatabase-cacheMiss (Percentage)RelativeInstructions perTransaction'I'\\,o optimizations generally realixcd 20 percent gainson Alpha systc~iis.' These \irere1. Opri~nizntion ofspinlock primitives supported no\\.b!, 1)E