tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977755959349847093.post5671540275526913665..comments2024-03-01T21:53:15.921-08:00Comments on The Pith of Performance: NorCal ORACLE User Group MeetingNeil Guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441377418482735926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977755959349847093.post-84629961596329440262010-02-05T18:22:36.891-08:002010-02-05T18:22:36.891-08:00Awesome! Thanks, I'm looking forward to listen...Awesome! Thanks, I'm looking forward to listening to the potted version.<br />I'm hoping to attend your bootcamp in May, so no need to give away too many secrets.<br /><br />And thanks for the hour off ;) Unfortunately, I still feel that DBAs need to know how to convince their network admin to fix the bandwidth/latency issues.<br /><br />It is never the network, except when it is :)Chen Shapirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535067086703072776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977755959349847093.post-31600199683077747342010-02-05T15:03:13.794-08:002010-02-05T15:03:13.794-08:00Ask and ye shall receive!
Congrats, Chen (Gwen?)...Ask and ye shall receive! <br /><br />Congrats, Chen (Gwen?), on becoming my first NoCOUG talk-sourcer. (Did I just invent a new social-networking term?) I wasn't even planning on that topic because I have a whole module on benchmarking in my GCaP classes. It even includes personal war stories about how I was involved in some heavy cheating myself. #:-O<br /><br />Nonetheless, since you asked, I will now provide a potted version at NoCOUG.<br /><br />GMantra 1.13: "It's never the network" http://www.perfdynamics.com/Manifesto/gcaprules.html#tth_sEc1.13 You can take the hour off. ;-)Neil Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441377418482735926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977755959349847093.post-80424326537504601842010-02-05T14:41:26.756-08:002010-02-05T14:41:26.756-08:00I'd love to hear an explanation for "All ...I'd love to hear an explanation for "All benchmarking is institutionalized cheating". Perhaps with advice on how to do good benchmarks or what are the alternatives.<br /><br />Regarding "Network problems are DB problems". I'm doing a full hour on Network problems later that day - please don't steal my show :)Chen Shapirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535067086703072776noreply@blogger.com