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

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. Let’s now look at the operating system level. Analyzing read/write workload by counts.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

This White Paper is for informational purposes only. Subsystem / Path The ​​ I/O subsystem or path ​​ includes ​​ those ​​ components ​​ that are ​​ used to support an I/O operation.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

This White Paper is for informational purposes only. SQL Server always checks I/O completion status for any operating system error conditions and proper data transfer size and then handles errors appropriately. Without this capability, ​​ SQL Server could not rely on the system to support WAL protocol needs.

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