Re: PostgreSQL vs MySQL Throughdown! Teams?

["markw-4" <user=5@nabble.blu.org>]

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> On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 09:53 -0500, Mark Woodward wrote: 
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>> > 
>> > If you guys are going to do this for real, someone should provide 2 
>> > sets of identical hardware and OS.  We should also invite the MySQL 
>> > Meetup.com (http://mysql.meetup.com/137/) group. 
>> > 
>> I don't see why we need two sets of hardware. One computer running the 
>> test one after the other. There is nothing more identical than "same." 
> 
> I think it should be 2 identical systems for the following reason: The 
> placement on the hard drives of the data could alter the outcome of the 
> tests, especially if there's fragmentation and the like.