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What Adrian Did Next?—?Part 2?—?Sun Microsystems

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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. We had specializations in hardware, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc.

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One of the common ways to classify database workloads is whether it is “read intensive” or “write intensive”. Because recognizing if the workload is read intensive or write intensive will impact your hardware choices, database configuration as well as what techniques you can apply for performance optimization and scalability.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

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This White Paper is for informational purposes only. 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? Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #1

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