Two new angles on tuning/optimising Oracle

Now and then some new angles and thoughts emerge in a field where a lot of people think there's not much new to be said.

Two examples:

1. James Morle told me a while ago, that he thinks all performance problems relate to skew, to latency, or to both. It's brilliant, I think. I hope James will one day write about it. He's a damn fine writer when he gets down to it.

2. This one from Dan Fink. Impressive piece, I think. Enjoy it.

http://optimaldba.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-useful-is-wait-interface.html

When I emailed Dan and told him I admired his angle on this, he responded:

"I think it is a matter of keeping an open mind and knowing that you have friends and colleagues who are open to new ideas. Support is absolutely critical, even when you don't necessarily agree with what is being said. That keeps the flow of information open.

I shall never forget walking into a conference room. In big letters on one of the whiteboards were the words "THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX". For emphasis...someone had drawn a nice large box around them! "

I like that one :-)).