Database Efficiency?
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Database Efficiency?
Does anyone here remember the equation for database efficiency? I know it's something like Efficiency = Data / Time or something like that.
Efficiency is in the eye of the beholder. Or: Database efficiency is whatever the marketing department claims it to be.
Perhaps, for a given application, absolute search-time is crucial. Another app might require that search time scales well for huge databases. Another app might require that search time scales well for concurrency. Another app might require all three.
And that is not taking into account storage efficiency, reliability etc...
Perhaps, for a given application, absolute search-time is crucial. Another app might require that search time scales well for huge databases. Another app might require that search time scales well for concurrency. Another app might require all three.
And that is not taking into account storage efficiency, reliability etc...
Every good solution is obvious once you've found it.