tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410257230668722599.post933467936046851953..comments2023-08-18T05:49:26.499-07:00Comments on Tahiti Views: Coding Horror: Hardware is Cheap, Programmers are ExpensiveJohn Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089970732272081637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410257230668722599.post-46583847866100139512008-12-22T08:39:00.000-08:002008-12-22T08:39:00.000-08:00I've been on both sides of this issue. Once I was...I've been on both sides of this issue. Once I was called in to "tune Oracle". Oracle wasn't the problem - the application was running fine on the local network. Performance went to hell when they tried to add users who were connecting on a WAN. While I did make a few suggestions about changing the application to minimize round trips to the database, I also brought in a network engineer to do John Flackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07116756139055371171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410257230668722599.post-9808049953402370802008-12-22T01:24:00.000-08:002008-12-22T01:24:00.000-08:00a good point about buying hardware is that you do ...a good point about buying hardware is that you do not need to change the code :)Laurent Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833048234373264017noreply@blogger.com