Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I also learned a lot about how to work directly with customers, when to shut up and let the sales guy drive the conversation, and generally how technology sales works. Another big jump, but now it was my job to run benchmarks in the lab, and write white papers that explained the new products to the world, as they were launched.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

SQL Server always checks I/O completion status for any operating system error conditions and proper data transfer size and then handles errors appropriately. Torn pages generally arise after system outages where the subsystem does not complete the entire 8-KB I/O request. This utility is located on the Microsoft Web site.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Do you use any particularly cool technologies or algorithms? You can’t optimize what you can’t measure: Measure everything possible and relevant and then optimize parts of systems that are used 80% of the time first. What operating systems do you use? How do you test your system? Nginx, HAproxy.

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52