The Pith of Performance

The following is a slightly edited version of my response to a Discussion on the Linkedin CPPE group , which is accessible to Members Only...

Time Bandits: How to Analyze Fractal Query Times Tues, March 6, 2012 @ 2:15 pm That's the title of my presentation at this y...

I finally got around to completing item 5 on my 2011 list concerning electrical power consumed by a magnetic hard disk drive (HDD). The sem...

A colleague of mine at Yahoo.com asked me if I'd ever seen curves like this: Not only is the answer, yes (it's a throughput-dela...

Some days I wonder if I ever actually accomplish anything anymore. Maybe it's time to just pack it in and become a greeter at Walmart . ...

This question popped up recently on Linkedin: "Can someone tell me what skill set should a Performance and Capacity Analyst have and d...

Best wishes to all my blog readers and Guerrilla class alumni during this 2011 holiday season. I look forward to more of the same next year...