The Right Questions
The more detail available, the better the chances of meaningful sizing estimates. But you need the right kind of detail. So, we’ll start by looking at the questions that need to be answered when you are sizing and configuring database systems in a meaningful way.
What type of workload is it?
Workload types have already been discussed in Chapter 6. Our discussion here focuses on the sizing implications of four of the major database workloads. Many customer environments are complicated by having a mixture of workload types, sometimes coexisting on a single system. All workloads must be taken into account in sizing estimates; it is often easier to size each workload independently and then estimate the impact of consolidating ...
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