[Info-vax] VSI and Process Software announcement

[Dirk Munk]

Chris wrote:
> On 09/25/16 21:57, Dirk Munk wrote:
>
>> There was a survey about what people hated most on ICT. The result? The
>> poor performance, the long waiting times. Is it because the computers
>> are too small? No, lousy applications, poor database design, poor
>> installations and poor if any tuning.
>>
>> I have increased the performance of computer systems 10-fold by just a
>> bit of tuning. And these computers had a 'standard' setup, as you would
>> like to see.
>>
>> So I'm sorry, but your ideas stink, I have seen the results, and it
>> sucks.
>>
>
> On that, we are in complete agreement :-). There have been similar
> threads on the pprune website about pilot training and deskilling
> the process of flying aeroplanes. Problem there is a bit more serious
> though as when the automatics give up, the crew don't have a clue
> in some cases how to fly manually and prevent the thing falling out
> of the sky. Have a detailed look at the AF447 incident for a classic
> example...
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris

A simple calculation tells us how silly this way of thinking is.

Suppose 100 people are using a server for 5 years. that means they are 
using the server for 5 x 100 x 1800 hours = 900,000 hours. By tuning the 
server its performance increases by 25%. That means you can save 225,000 
hours. Compare that with the let's say 20 hours it would cost you to 
tune the system.