Re: Competition for OraPerf

"Mladen Gogala" <mgogala.spam-me-not_at_verizon.net> wrote in message news:pan.2006.11.06.13.50.51.37697_at_verizon.net...
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:25:17 +0000, Richard Foote wrote:
>
>> But it's quite another thing to simply throw hardware at a problem, it
>> invariable doesn't work unless the root issue is addressed.
>
> Unless you throw enough hardware. There a famous 80:20 rule: 80% of the
> possible improvement is resolved by investing 20% effort. I've seen
> hardware thrown at the problem, with good results. It wasn't SSD, it was
> EMC cache, pumped up to an incredible proportion, but the intention was
> the same and the result was, generally speaking, satisfactory. In other
> words, it's a myth that throwing hardware at the problem doesn't work. It
> does work, provided you throw enough of it.
> On the other hand, with SQL generators, Java ORM (object-relational
> mappers), cheap outsourced developers and unrealistic project deadlines
> you cannot get any quality most of the time. Companies will move 250
> developers to Elbonia, save 80% of the IT payroll, which amounts to
> several millions per year, and then buy a decent piece of hardware to run
> the systems. It usually works and it rids them of unbearable and
> expensive geeks like me. Companies work just fine, Dow-Jones reached
> record heights. It's us, the consultants, who should be worried.
>

Hi Mladen

I hate 80-20 rules, 80 out of 100 are invalid on 80 out of 100 of occasions ;)

I'm a consultant and I'm not the slightest bit worried. That's because I don't rely on reports that recommend throwing hardware at problems that don't exist and solve problems that really do exist by determining what's actually wrong ...

Weird eh ;)

Cheers

Richard Received on Mon Nov 06 2006 - 16:06:56 CST