Re: Slightly-OT: Throw HW at a SW/DB problem

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:50:09 -0500
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=bbyfS0+c8jBrcEh=Eyjo+Fr=cpA_at_mail.gmail.com>

He forgets a basic rule of data (Murphy's law of databases):

Data will always expand to exceed the capacity of the available resources by at least 10%.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Rich Jesse < rjoralist2_at_society.servebeer.com> wrote:

> I think I'm gonna be sick:
>
>
> http://www.sqlmag.com/article/Performancetuning/ssds-performance-tuning-experts-milkman-139591
>
> This mentality **in a database professional** completely escapes me. It
> brings to mind that I just "upgraded" my Blackberry to one that has 2x the
> CPU and 5x the RAM -- and still works just as bad as the one it replaced
> (if
> not worse).
>
> Anyone from the Oracle camp advocating/predicting hardware-based "tuning"?
>
> Rant over.
>
> Rich
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