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The article is a great (literally visual) illustration of the issue, though, and is a great resource to explain it to other people; for example, managers who (f
by danudey 12y ago
The article is a great (literally visual) illustration of the issue, though, and is a great resource to explain it to other people; for example, managers who (fairly) ask 'we just bought new hardware what's the problem?' but don't understand systems architecture and the concept of multiple bottlenecks or the value of re-engineering existing systems.
- drostie 12y agoIt has a subtle physics flaw, which is that the sink, as it fills up, will cause flow through the bottleneck to be greater. Ignoring this, the metaphor is indeed pretty good.