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An example of a poorly designed response table for a testing
application
Performance Tuning
In my experience, when a database performs poorly it seldom stems from
transaction load or limited hardware resources; often, it's because of poor
database design. Another hallmark of the IT industry is to throw money at
a problem in the hope that things will improve. Sure, if you go out and buy
the most expensive server known to humans and load it up with gigs upon
gigs of RAM—and as many processors as you can without setting the thing
on fire—you will get your database to perform better. But many design
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