SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

KB sectors run on smaller sectors   14 System and sample databases   15 Determining the formatted sector size of database   15 What sector sizes does SQL Server support?

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John McCalpin

APRIL 2, 2020

This was a keynote presentation at the “2nd International Workshop on Performance Modeling: Methods and Applications” (PMMA16), June 23, 2016, Frankfurt, Germany (in conjunction with ISC16 ). This includes all architectures, all compilers, all operating systems, and all system configurations.

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SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Durability is a cornerstone of any database system and starting with SQL Server 2017 on Linux Cumulative Update 6 (CU6), SQL Server on Linux enables “Forced Flush” behavior as described in this article , improving durability on non-Fua optimized systems. “Be Val and Dylan performing power outage durability testing and adding new tests.

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Brendan Gregg

AUGUST 8, 2017

If they are higher than your CPU count, then you might have a performance problem (it depends). Nowadays, the source code to old operating systems can also be found online. Linux is also hard coding the 1, 5, and 15 minute constants. Why, exactly, did Linux do this? This, too, was a dead end.

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Sutter's Mill

DECEMBER 29, 2011

From 1975 to 2005, our industry accomplished a phenomenal mission: In 30 years, we put a personal computer on every desk, in every home, and in every pocket. In 2005, however, mainstream computing hit a wall. The free lunch is over. Now welcome to the hardware jungle. iPad 2, Playbook, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet) and smartphones (e.g.,

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