Re: DB Buffer Cache Size

wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au (Noons) wrote:
> "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
> news:<412a8c87$0$8833$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
>
> > Buying new hardware when it is not actually required strikes me as an
> > unreasonable (as in, irrational) thing to do. It may not fix the
> > problem up in the long-term, and is therefore not actually truly
> > affordable.
>
> and yet, this has been the mantra of hardware makers for the last
> 30 years. "Hardware is cheap, people are expensive" is the rule.
> The mantra was invented by IBM: wonder of wonders, a hardware maker.
>
> It's as wrong as it can be: witness the enormous bottom lines and
> profits of hardware makers compared to consultant or contractor
> suppliers.

How would one witness this? Hardware makers are well analyzed by Wall St., but many if not most consultants work out of their (very nice) homes.

Xho

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