Re: Physical I/O and databases other than oracle

> Im reading an academic book on databases and it states that Physical I/O
is often the > primary bottleneck in tuning. Its not the case in Oracle. Is this statement correct
> with sybase, sql server, or DB2? or maybe mysql?

Eh?
What IS the primary bottleneck in tuning Oracle? I go along with Jonathan Lewis in his book Practical Oracle 8i "Although it is possible to create a few problems with network traffic, excess CPU usage and process contention, ultimately the only significant threat to a database system is physical I/O". (page 38)

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