Craig-315134 (8/21/2013)
@RonKyle wrote:The database is a chokepoint ...
I can't imagine it being a chokepoint any more so than anything else. Network bandwidth can become a chokepoint. So can application servers. So can an application. If a component isn't configured correctly, isn't sized right for the job, isn't maintained properly - well, sure, it'll become a chokepoint.
I have to agree with Craig here. The database can be a choke point but it isn't always. We have one application here where the application itself is the choke point. And we've finally gotten the vendor to acknowledge it!