Eric Herber" <eric@I-hate-spam.org> wrote in message
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> Even worser for DB2 will be be the PVU (Processor Value Unit)
> pricing coming from IBM. Reality shows that IDS based on
> the elegant multithreading technology consumes less hardware
> resources than a comparable DB2 installation. So customers
> will save a lot of money in terms of hardware and software
> pricing (PVU) if they favor IDS instead of DB2.

Expect IBM to hammer home this point.

> Performing
> reality based benchmarks is the best strategy to proof this
> and customers should invest the time to do this before making
> a database decision.

Only the largest companies have the resources to do this, even assuming the
vendor will let them have the relevant software. This is why vendors time
and effort in benchmarks. Excpet for Informix of course.