Tag Archives: databases

One Million

Posted on October 19, 2016 by way0utwest

Is a million writes/sec a large number? I guess it’s all relative, but I’d consider it a fairly large number. Our peak transfers for SQLServerCentral are in the hundreds/sec, though we’re not really a busy database server. Some of you … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Database

Posted on October 17, 2016 by way0utwest

The “yet another” moniker is used throughout technology. YAAF, YARN, YAML, and more ways that people talk about yet another way to solve some problem or build a platform. That’s one of the amazing things about technology is that we, … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Unit Testing?

Posted on July 25, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve been a proponent of Unit Testing, especially for databases. I’ve given presentations on the topic and advocate the use of techniques to verify your code works, especially over time when the complexity grows, new developers change code, and potentially … Continue reading →

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Going On-Prem?

Posted on July 11, 2016 by way0utwest

When I started in this business, every company owned their own servers, and had their own data center. Now, some of those data centers were closets (including that for one state government Senate). Some were offices-converted-to-computer rooms, rarely with separate … Continue reading →

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