March 2013 - Posts

• Storage Performance

  Storage has changed dramatically over the last three years driven by SSD developments. Most of the key components necessary for a powerful storage system are available and the cost is highly favorable for direct placement of data files. Some additional Read More... Posted Monday, March 25, 2013 12:52 AM by jchang | 15 Comments Filed under: Performance, Storage, Hardware

• Job History row limiter

  There are situations where guaranteed accuracy correctness is essential, which is why we have transactional databases meeting the ACID properties. And then there are situations where we just need an approximate number. An example is the size of the SQL Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:42 PM by jchang | 0 Comments