The Pith of Performance

Possibly pithy insights into computer performance analysis and capacity planning based on the Guerrilla series of books and training classes provided by Performance Dynamics Company.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

How to Recover the Missing X(1) for the USL Scalability Model

When it comes to assessing application scalability, controlled measurements of the type that can be obtained with tools like Grinder or Loa...

Friday, July 18, 2008

Mr. Amdahl Calls the Repairman

Back in January, I reported that my Universal Scalability Law (USL) had been proven to be equivalent to the synchronous throughput of the ...

Musical Chairs at AMD

It looks like Intel's very aggressive pace for technology advancement, which I have been tracking loosely over the past 18 months, is r...

Monday, July 14, 2008

Guerrilla Data Analysis Class - Seats Still Available

Most operating systems are capable of collecting hundreds of system and performance metrics every second. Even if you only record them once ...

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Apple IT Dies on iPhone 3G Launch

It's great to be popular , but hell to be the rage . In the aftermath , Apple managed to sell 1 million iPhones in just 3 days cf. the s...

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Back from the Old DDR

Read this to the tune of "Back in the USSR" . I spent part of last month in eastern Germany (former DDR ) where there is a decide...

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