The concept of variance reduction is not even new with computing - In manufacturing they have six sigma. I believe the famous GE CEO's quote was "Our Customer

The concept of variance reduction is not even new with computing - In manufacturing they have six sigma. I believe the famous GE CEO's quote was "Our Customers Feel the Variance, Not the Mean" (Google it). This is talked about here: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2010/06/07/performance-optimization-and-six-sigma/ http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2010/06/07/performance-o...