1. A method of managing a database system comprising: at the database system having one or more nodes comprising one or more processors and memory, the memory of the one or more nodes storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors; receiving an N number of requests from one or more nodes of the database system; combining the N number of requests before initiating operations to attend to the N number of requests; reducing the number of operations to attend to the N number of requests; and executing the reduced number of operations to attend to the N number of requests.