Database Optimization
When data exists across multiple locations, in many different files and formats, the introduction of a centralized database can offer a substantial increase in both speed and efficiency.
However, it’s surprising how often an instance of a powerful Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server database is running far below its optimum efficiency. Users will often upgrade to a newer version, only to find that performance is slower than before.
This is because default user settings are often designed for completely different types of applications or specifications of machine. We’ve observed much older database versions, with optimized settings, outperforming the most recent versions with default settings.
Optimizing database settings is a critical task, which often gets overlooked in the process of table design and indexing, but few things make a bigger difference to database speed.
