Visualized trends provide instant explanatory power. In this case, the late morning and post lunch peaks are immediately obvious. This single factor from among hundreds of factors provided convincing evidence of a serious cpu bottleneck that needed to be addressed. Want more details? If so, check trendsthatmatter.com/downloads and select the Quick Intro to T4 Friends link.
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Using this classic before and after approach for comparison, whenver an intervention produces change, that change is instantly visible. In this case, the cpu was upgraded to a GS1280 and the resulting improvement became immediately obvious in each of the different factors examined.
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The square wave shape in a trend graph is an almost certain sign that "something" has happened. In our work, our ability to discover these patterns and then leverage what they tell us is one of the many tools in our trend analysis and visualization repetoire that we can apply to help you solve your toughest performance problem.