Monthly Archives: September 2012

This is Big Data

Posted on September 6, 2012 by way0utwest

I’m sure some people have bigger data, but Facebook has some serious daily growth. The highlight? 500TB a day. A day. That’s serious data. I’ve never had a database that was a TB, must less growth by over a TB … Continue reading →

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Privacy

Posted on September 6, 2012 by way0utwest

If you gamble online, you might be gambling in more than one way. It’s not surprising to me, but many online gambling businesses are located in places where the legal protections are more relaxed than in other places. However it’s … Continue reading →

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Stop Copying Files from the Server – File Cache Bug

Posted on September 5, 2012 by way0utwest

I watched the Brent Ozar, PLF Scary SQL Surprises webcast and was surprised by him mentioning this bug: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2009/02/06/microsoft-windows-dynamic-cache-service.aspx The blog references another blog and talks about the problems with x64 systems and the file caches. Too much file copy … Continue reading →

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Rogue Algorithms

Posted on September 5, 2012 by way0utwest

I have always thought that computers do some amazing things, but they tend to do what we tell them to do, even if what we tell them to do is not what we want them to do. In those cases … Continue reading →

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