By DBI Software
There is no good time for your business to grind to a halt because of a sick database, but a debilitating database disease seems to erupt at the worst possible time. Don't succumb to panic and throw money at the problem. Here's what you need to know to save yourself time, money, and heartache!
By DBI Software
There is no good time for your business to grind to a halt because of a sick database, but a debilitating database disease seems to erupt at the worst possible time. Don't succumb to panic and throw money at the problem. Here's what you need to know to save yourself time, money, and heartache!
| When your database is sick, your organization is unhealthy, your customers are unhappy, and your reputation suffers. There is no good time for your business to grind to a halt because of a sick database, but a debilitating database disease seems to erupt at the worst possible time.
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Because of this, there is a huge temptation to succumb to panic and just throw money at the problem in the hope that it will go away. There’s no telling how many billions of dollars are spent on non-returnable CPUs, memory, and licenses each year due, in the final analysis, to panic. Panic is never ever a friend when it comes to the problem—or your bottom line.
As a senior leader, when you’re confronted with this situation, here’s what you need to know:
- You’re most likely in this situation because the people who made the initial purchase and configuration decisions proceeded based on flawed assumptions. Keep that in mind if these are the same people insistently offering advice on how to fix the problem.
- What you (correctly) view as a critical problem can be viewed by some as a fabulous opportunity. Here’s what I mean: while your database was humming along, nobody was billing for more consulting hours and nobody was getting a commission on CPUs, memory, or software. So ask yourself, “Who is benefitting financially from this recommendation?” Chances are it’s the same people from point 1.
- Regardless of what they tell you, it is virtually certain that you don’t have a hardware problem, you have an index problem. And if you spend millions on CPUs, memory, and licenses, guess what you’ll have after they’re all installed. That’s right: the same index problem—waiting to meet up with you again at the worst possible moment.
- There absolutely is a way to win.
- Instead of needing more hardware and software, you could end up not needing all the ones you already have.
- Instead of needing to hire more people, you could end up trimming staff.
- Instead of spending more in electricity to feed the additional CPUs, you could end up spending less.
- Instead of spending days or even weeks trying to fix the problem, you could have it solved in two hours.
Here’s how: instead of relying on the people that got you into this mess, get a fresh set of eyes on the problem.
When you contact us, we’ll send you three small SQL commands. Each will take five seconds to run. Those scripts will tell us exactly where the problem is in your database, and how bad it is. Once we’ve quantified the problems, our patented, award-winning technology will typically fix problems in two hours or less. In fact, we not only fix database problems, but it’s not unusual for us to reduce your CPU utilization, thus cutting or deferring equipment, licenses, consulting, and energy costs to the tune of millions of dollars.
What You Must Know
In a DB crisis, you can spend millions, or save millions—with the right team on your side. It’s entirely up to you.
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