1. 1 Invitation to Join the TPC Kim Shanley Chief Operating Officer TPC

2. 2 What is the TPC?  A non-profit consortium whose mission is to define industry-standard benchmarks for the database and transaction processing industries.  More than 40 members worldwide over the last 10 years, including most of the largest computer system and database companies.

3. 3 What Are the TPC Benchmarks?  TPC-C, OLTP Benchmark  TPC-H, Ad-Hoc Decision Support Benchmark  TPC-R, Business Reporting Decision Support Benchmark  Coming: TPC-W, E-Commerce Web Benchmark

4. 4 TPC-C  Become the de facto standard for OLTP performance since its introduction in July, 1992.  Moderately complex OLTP.  Application models a wholesale supplier managing orders.  Order-entry provides a conceptual model for the benchmark; underlying components are typical of any OLTP system.  Workload consists of five transaction types.  Metrics are new-order transaction rate (tpmC) and price/performance ($/tpmC).

5. 5 TPC-H  Became a benchmark in April 1999 when TPC-D was split into two benchmarks.  Models an ad-hoc decision support environment in which users don’t know the queries in advance and the execution times can be very long.  Workload consists of 22 complex read-only queries and 2 update transactions.  Workload measures the performance of a single power user and multiple concurrent users.  Metrics combine the single user power rating and multi- stream rating into single metric: (QphH) and price/performance ($/QphH).

6. 6 TPC-R  Became a benchmark in April 1999 when TPC-D was split into two benchmarks.  Models an environment in which users do know the queries in advance.  Workload consists of same set of transaction as in TPC-H (22 complex read-only queries and 2 update transactions).  Workload measures the performance of a single power user and multiple concurrent users.  Metrics combine the single user power rating and multi- stream rating into single metric: (QphR) and price/performance ($/QphR).

7. 7 TPC-W  Scheduled to become a TPC benchmark in 2000.  TPC-W represents Internet and Intranet E-Commerce environments.  Measures a large number of users browsing and ordering on- line.  Primary metrics will be Web Interactions Per Second (WIPS) and price/performance ($/WIPS).  TPC-W opens the door to many new players and new technologies!

8. 8 10 Good Reasons to Join the TPC 1. Tremendous Marketing Leverage 2. Competitive Advantage 3. Access to Development Results Across Various Platforms/Architectures/Technologies

9. 9 10 Good Reasons to Join the TPC (Cont’d) 4. Influence Benchmark Development 5. Introduce New Benchmarks 6. Measure Internal Progress

10. 10 10 Good Reasons to Join the TPC (Cont’d) 7. Accelerate Product Improvement 8.Non-profit organizations can join as associate TPC members 9.End-user organizations can also join as associate TPC members

11. 11 10 Good Reasons to Join the TPC (Cont’d) 10.TPC Benchmarks Demonstrate That Your Product is Industry-Ready

12. 12 What Are the Costs and Responsibilities of Membership?  Full Membership –$9500 in annual dues –No other hard responsibilities –5 face-to-face meetings (3-4 days each) in various locations in the U.S. (1 international meeting) –1 hour teleconferences for subcommittees every two weeks  Associate Membership –$1500 in annual dues –Full participation in all meetings but no voting rights

13. 13 How Do We Join?  Complete 1 page membership form.  Membership is immediate upon receipt of signed form.  Contact:TPC or Kim Shanley  Phone: 408-295-8894.  Email: shanley@tpc.org shanley@tpc.org