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

Adrian Cockcroft

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. I had attended these events when I was based in the UK, but became one of the organizers.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

This White Paper is for informational purposes only. For ​​ more information about ​​ I/O ​​ caching requirements ​​ and SQL Server, see the following ​​ white papers on MSDN.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #1

SQL Server According to Bob

This White Paper is for informational purposes only. SQLIOStress.exe The SQLIOStress test program (version 4.00.020 and later) contains special patterns to detect stale-read/lost-write problems quickly. SQLIO.exe SQLIO.exe is a SQL Server 2000 I/O utility used to establish basic benchmark testing results.

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