Informix On-Line Performance Tuning

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Summary: Extremely Clear and Useful
Review: As an Informix novice, I've learned a great deal by plowing through the official documentation, but Suto's book really allowed me to leap forward by putting things in context and giving clear rules of thumb for a variety of configuration and performance issues. I've also written technical documentation in another field, and boy howdy, this is a good job of writing -- it's really a pleasure to read.

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Summary: basic information
Review: This book does not contain as much detail as I would have expected from such a highly rated text. While it is informative, as a resource it is not terribly useful. There is little detail packed into the scant 163 pages offered here. Overpriced.

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Summary: Great for anyone who has to focus on performance issues
Review: This does not have anything that the Informix manuals do not have if you look long and hard enough. It does however cover a lot of ground in a very easy to read form. As a DBA familiar with online v7. this was money I do not regret spending at all !