Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

In 1991 I wrote a white paper on performance that was widely read, and in 1993 (with help from Brian Wong) that got me a job in the USA, working alongside Brian for Mike Briggs in technical product marketing. Later on after some re-orgs we ended up reporting to Greg Papadopoulos, who was CTO of the server organization at the time.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2018

Let’s examine the TPC-C Benchmark from this point of view, or more specifically its implementation in Sysbench. The illustrations below are taken from Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) while running this benchmark. While our white paper Performance at Scale could provide useful insight if you are at the planning or review stage.

Benchmarking 47

Benchmarking Database Operating System Architecture 47

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

This White Paper is for informational purposes only. For specific information on I/O tuning and balancing, you will find more details in the following document. To learn more about the transaction log architecture, see ​​ “Transaction Log Logical Architecture” in SQL Server Books Online.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Media Hardware 40