Performance Tuning

Performance is not a problem until it is. Then it is a very big problem.

The root cause of performance problems can be varied and multiple. Sometimes the causes are obvious, more often not. Oftentimes what initially seems to be the primary problem is just a red herring.

Some of the causes of poor performance include:

• Inefficient program code
• Inefficient database design or queries
• Slow network
• Bandwidth bottlenecks
• Insufficient memory
• Inadequate hardware
• Too many users
• Poor concurrency

Finding & fixing the causes of poor performance takes experience in the full technology scope of the application.

Experience that we have.

Fortunately, performance problems can often be dramatically reduced or eliminated.