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5.5 mm in 1.25 nanoseconds

Randon ASCII

In 2004 I was working for Microsoft in the Xbox group, and a new console was being created. Back in the day I wrote a lot of benchmarks in order to look for places where the actual performance of the CPU didn’t match what we expected. I wrote a lot of benchmarks. One benchmark I wrote measured the L2 cache latency.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #1

SQL Server According to Bob

Microsoft SQL Server I/O Basics Author: ​​ Bob Dorr, Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Published: ​​ December, 2004 SUMMARY: ​​ Learn the I/O requirements for Microsoft SQL Server database file operations. © ​​ 2004 Microsoft Corporation. ​​ All rights reserved.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

ReadFile WriteFile ReadFileScatter WriteFileGather GetOverlappedResult ​​ For extended details on the 823 error, see ​​ Error message 823 may indicate hardware problems or system problems ​​ ( [link] i crosoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb ​​ Contact your hardware manufacture for assistance.

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