S1E4 - Databricks, Snowflake and the return of benchmarking
In this episode, Terry, Tori & Craig discuss why it is not common to see benchmarking in database systems. In November 2021, Databricks and Snowflake went head-to-head when Databricks published their winning TPC-DS benchmark, which included a benchmark against Snowflake, which sparked a back-and-forth. From the outside it looked like a squabble between vendors, but what it started, has implications far beyond Databricks & Snowflake. Tune in to the great Database Benchmark War. We also talk about David Dewitt, the problems with Image Inference without context and the 2022 ACM Turing award winner.
Links:
Databricks Sets Official Data Warehousing Performance Record - The Databricks Blog
Eliminating the Anti-competitive DeWitt Clause for Database Benchmarking - The Databricks Blog
Industry Benchmarks and Competing with Integrity - Snowflake Blog
Snowflake Claims Similar Price/Performance to Databricks, but Not So Fast! - The Databricks Blog
Eliminating the DeWitt Clause for Greater Transparency in Benchmarking (singlestore.com)
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