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]]> By: Alex Fatkulin http://www.pythian.com/blogs/851/howto-build-scalable-database-architectures#comment-170897 Alex Fatkulin Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:51:13 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/851/howto-build-scalable-database-architectures#comment-170897 Shakir, actually, standard Oracle documentation became pretty good on outlining basics behind scalable systems. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28274/design.htm it is a very short page and I really liked some of those statements: "However, any performance increases achieved by adding hardware should be considered a short-term relief to an immediate problem." "Poorly designed systems perform poorly no matter how much extra hardware is allocated." (especially that) "The application has the biggest impact on scalability." you may consider giving this link to your client as well Shakir,

actually, standard Oracle documentation became pretty good on outlining basics behind scalable systems.

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28274/design.htm

it is a very short page and I really liked some of those statements:

“However, any performance increases achieved by adding hardware should be considered a short-term relief to an immediate problem.”

“Poorly designed systems perform poorly no matter how much extra hardware is allocated.” (especially that)

“The application has the biggest impact on scalability.”

you may consider giving this link to your client as well

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