In this portion of the series on database benchmarking, I want to tell you about one of my favorite aspects of the TPC benchmarks – CHEATING.
Cheaters Never Win, Even in TPC Benchmarks
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Use TPC Database Benchmarks to Save Money
Today, I would like to give you a primer on how to read the benchmark reports that are published by the major database and hardware vendors.
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Read the New TPC Database Benchmarking Series
Introduction to TPC Database Benchmarks Let’s talk about database application benchmarking. This is a skill set which, in my opinion, is one of the major differentiators between a journeyman-level DBA and a true master of the trade. In this article published in my monthly column at Database Trends & Applications magazine, I’ll give you a [...]
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Timewarp: What Is a Relational Database?
These days, relational database management systems (RDBMSs) like Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle are the primary engines of information systems everywhere, particularly for enterprise computing systems and web applications. Though RDBMSs are now common enough to trip over, it wasn’t always that way.
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Accelerate OLTP with HP and Microsoft’s New High Performance Reference Architecture
Learn about HP and Microsoft reference architecture for very high performance OLTP applications from Shashank Pawar of Microsoft Australia.
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Managing Complex DB Environments
Let’s address methods for successfully managing today’s complex heterogeneous database infrastructures.
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SQL Server Migration Roll-Up
Here are a hand full of cool database migration tools and white papers worth mentioning for SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase.
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SQLServerPedia Has a New Editor-in-Chief. Oh no, it’s Me!
I’m now stepping up in to the roll of editor-in-chief of SQLServerPedia. Here are some ideas I’d like your feedback on…
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Adventures in the Land of CloudDB/NoSQL/NoAcid
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Video: Interview – Part 3 Cross-Platform Issues
Heather Eichman interviews Kevin Kline, the former President of PASS and systems specialist for the SQL Server Business Unit at Quest Software.
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