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serious performance problems. These statements and utilities are then ranked in terms
of urgency and each one is reviewed to determine what database design changes will
help alleviate the problem.
9.5 The Popular Strategy (the Chicken Soup Algorithm)
It’s worth noting what most database designers opt to do, however suboptimal this
strategy is. The typical database administrator (DBA) operates on the assumption that
it is possible to achieve a reasonably performing system using careful selection of
indexes and then applies advanced physical design capabilities to the remaining query
hotspots. This assumption is true as a general rule, but is also common wisdom that is
based on 30 years of database ...