[anonymous_fun]

Antidotally, I started at a co 6 years ago where 100's of database servers were all spinning disks. It was common to have to trace down bad queries causing performance issues. Once the servers were upgraded with more ram and SSD's, the need to micromanage performance issues disappeared.

[sgeneris]

The sheer fact that much of the comments are about physical storage is an excellent validation of the article's claim that data professionals don't know and understand data fundamentals and the RDM.