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Deprecated features to take out of your toolbox – Part 1

SQL Performance

The system table sys.sysprocesses was replaced way back in SQL Server 2005 by a set of dynamic management views (DMVs), most notably sys.dm_exec_requests , sys.dm_exec_sessions , and sys.dm_exec_connections. Recently one of our teams was investigating a log reader latency issue.

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Observability platform vs. observability tools

Dynatrace

Metrics are measures of critical system values, such as CPU utilization or average write latency to persistent storage. For example, in 2005, Dynatrace introduced a distributed tracing tool that allowed developers to implement local tracing and debugging. Observability is made up of three key pillars: metrics, logs, and traces.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

As ​​ the ​​ administrator of a SQL Server 2005 installation, ​​ you will find that ​​ visibility into ​​ the ​​ SQL Server ​​ I/O ​​ subsystem ​​ has been ​​ significantly increased.

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The Surprising Effectiveness of Non-Overlapping, Sensitivity-Based Performance Models

John McCalpin

The presentation discusses a family of simple performance models that I developed over the last 20 years — originally in support of processor and system design at SGI (1996-1999), IBM (1999-2005), and AMD (2006-2008), but more recently in support of system procurements at The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) (2009-present).

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Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery

Brendan Gregg

This measures demand, which can be greater than what the system is currently processing. 42/3411 43603. . ## History The original load averages show only CPU demand: the number of processes running plus those waiting to run. The load average is an average of the number of runnable processes over a given time period.

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How to Avoid Vendor Lock In

IO River

Therefore, there might be cases where your system could experience a downtime during the migration process. Not only that, but there can be cases where a piece of your application could break during the migration process that could take a long time to get back running.‍How How does vendor lock-in occur?It's

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How to Avoid Vendor Lock In

IO River

Therefore, there might be cases where your system could experience a downtime during the migration process. Not only that, but there can be cases where a piece of your application could break during the migration process that could take a long time to get back running.‍How does vendor lock-in occur?It's

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