Thankfully, with today's computer-controlled vehicles tuning is about as easy as playing Pong.
If you've seen the TV shows geared at getting every droplet of power out of a classic vehicle, you know they spend the entire show with a load of time-lapsed video of them tearing the engine apart to put in extremely technical and wildly expensive parts.
When it's all done, they crank up the dyno and get giddy over the 3 horsepower gain realized after roughly 4 hours of work.
That's not exactly how most would want to spend their weekend, and all for a measly 3hp.
Of course, there's quite a bit to be said for those computer-free classics that you can have full control over. However, when it comes to getting more power in no time and without having to tear up your hands or throwing piles of cash on hard-to-find parts, a computer-controlled vehicle has a distinct advantage.
The good news is, you're probably driving a computer-controlled vehicle, like most sold over the last quarter century. This makes tuning much easier, because a set of programs determines how your engine performs.
Simply replace your engine's stock programming with some that's geared toward performance and you'll discover power gains almost instantly.
Just how can you get these power gains in minutes? The answer is easy, with a power programmer or performance chip, like those made by Hypertech or DiabloSport.
These power programmers are designed to hold performance programs created and tested by the pros. It's so straightforward a caveman could do it.
Just plug it into the OBD-II port beneath your steering column, enter a few simple yes or no commands to adjust how you want the engine to perform, upload the new programming, and you're ready to rock with 25 or more horsepower. For most folks, this will take a maximum of 10 minutes to complete.
There are a few drivers out there who want the extra power, but are apprehensive of using this sort of tuning method.
Their concern is that how can so much power be gain so fast, when the guys on tube spend hours and only add a few horsepower. But the skeptics can rest easy. Modern automakers simply down-tune their cars for the general population.
Engines are setup to work the same for performance enthusiasts as they do for octogenarians who believe going over 40 mph is breakneck speed. You don't fall into the later, nor are you a soccer mom unconcerned about performance, you demand it.
Performance programmers aren't average settings and that makes them a perfect match for you.
And, you don't have to worry about warranties. The companies that make programmers take safety into account with their settings and further they often give you ways to return to stock settings for service visits at the dealership.
What's more, as with all performance mods, you'll be protected by federal law. It basically states that your vehicle's warranty cannot be voided by performance parts unless they can be proven as the source of the breakdown.
So, there's no good reason to wait if you're look to easily tap into the true potential sitting under your hood.
The Web is alive with ads for software that will do the following:
Analyze your application response time from the perspective of the User experience.
End to End transparent application monitoring.
Create ?Load? that exactly simulates user experience.
Based on these products and their claims, you would think that the goal of IT Management is to automate all aspects of Network & Application Performance Troubleshooting. Nevertheless, here is an important question: Is that not a little like asking a chicken to guard the chicken coop? Who is monitoring the monitor tool? Is it not just another application? This goes around in circles.
Humans use tools, highly skilled and experienced humans. To rely so heavily on automation to monitor other automation is to hope one potential failure catches another potential failure. Furthermore, our experience has shown that companies all too often utilize under-skilled staff for these roles, hoping that the tool will know what to do with itself or simple default configurations will apply. Catch 22? Well, yes.
You cannot take the need for skill, training and experience out of the equation; even if you believe automated tools can do the job. Yet experience has shown that not only do many automated tools not perform exactly as anticipated, the skill level of the human being configuring these tools and tests is critical to the success of the test.
Here are a few typical problems:
It is the business user, possibly backed up by the application Subject Matter Expert (SME) that designs most automated application tests. Between them there is little expertise regarding the network components, Operating Systems and TCP aspects of the way the application works on a network--or across a WAN. Frequently they create problems that are not reality based, resulting in testing artificial problems due to incomplete testing designs--and missing the true ?gotchas.?
Network & Application testing crosses many corporate departments and boundaries. This wears people down and makes them ready to accept any result that will at least get the testing completed. The results are not surprising from this perspective.
The incident of ?successful? application performance in testing is not equal to the incidence of successful application performance in real-life.
Network & application performance problems continue on--month after month, year after year. Users stop sending in tickets but still complain to their manager. This results in a schism between perceived problems and reported problems.
The Solution:
There is really only one consistently successful approach to troubleshooting under-performing networks & applications, the Network & Application Performance Analysis Team. This approach has a near 100% success rate at providing resolution. It involves utilizing a highly skilled ?SWAT? team of individuals that look at all the component factors. These factors include the following:
Servers
Directory Services
Operating Systems
TCP issues
Other Protocol Issues
Workstation builds
LAN Issues
WAN Issues
User Skills & Training
Database Optimization
Interaction with other Applications
Server Consolidation / Virtualization Issues
The team works with a client's Subject Matter Experts for the application and database involved. Frequently, a Network & Application Performance Analysis Team member is the first to understand the application from the bottom up to the top.
People working with other humans--interviewing users, network staff, application staff and others--utilizing protocol analyzers such as Sniffer, Ethereal, WireShark and others, will find the problem consistently. Resolution is always the Primary Goal.
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