Re: Cache Hit Ratio from system views

On 18 Aug, 08:15, joel garry <joel-ga..._at_home.com> wrote:
> I don't have any argument with the idea that response times meeting
> business requirements is a, or even the most reasonable metric. But I
> feel compelled to point out how common it is to not define those
> requirements properly, so making an assumption that there are already
> properly defined response time requirements is jumping ahead too far
> in a performance methodology. And yet, by the time there is a
> perceived problem, it is already too late.

Bang on the money as usual Joel. It's the biggest single cause of frustration I have these days. I have found though on a case by case basis, even reactively I've been able to say first

What exactly is it that is too slow? Can I come and see? and second
I see that report took 12 hours last time, what would be a resonable target for us to work to? half that time maybe? Received on Mon Sep 03 2007 - 04:23:57 CDT