More is Less

This smell occurs when a system spends more time “thrashing” than accomplishing real work because there are too many processes relative to available resources.

Solution: Quantify the thresholds where thrashing occurs (using models or measurements) and determine if the architecture can meet its performance goals while staying below the threshholds.

Reference

Smith, C. U., & Williams, L. G. (2003). More new software performance antipatterns: Even more ways to shoot yourself in the foot. Computer Measurement Group Conference.