Latch and Spinlock Papers Published on Microsoft
I am happy to announce that my team mates, Ewan Fairweather and Mike Ruthruff have published two excellent whitepapers on latch and spinlock diagnosis. You can find them here: SQL Server latch...
View ArticleThread Synchronization in SQL Server
Any code optimized for highly concurrent workloads must worry about thread synchronization. SQL Server is no exception, because in a database system, synchronization is one of the core functionalities...
View ArticleImplementing Message Queues in Relational Databases
At the last SQL Bits X I held the FusionIO fireside chat during the launch party. During this presentation, I demonstrated how it is possible to build a table structure inside a relational engine that...
View ArticleMy First Course is now Available
I am proud to announce that my first course: Tuning – Diagnosing and Fixing Hard Problems is now available. This is the first in what I expect to be a series of 5 courses that I am developing to share...
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