Database Tuning : A Principled Approach /
Dennis E. Shasha.
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1992.
- xvii, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-226) and index.
Database tuning is the activity of making a database application run quicker. Achieving higher performance by tuning can save money by eliminating the need to buy new equipment or to develop new software. The text includes tuning advice for relational and object-oriented database systems.