Capturing the activity on a server when a problem occurs can be a challenge for many DBAs. This article shows how you can automate the capture of information when a CPU spike occurs.  Read more...

I came across an interesting issue recently with NHibernate, now it is widely known I despise ORM’s, in my experience...  Read more...

The way we write code impacts our users, but it can also impact our wallet, especially in cloud computing. Steve Jones wonders how many people bother to profile and test their code.  Read more...

In a previous post, I discussed running SQLIO against multiple files.  The purpose in using multiple files is being able...  Read more...

I know I have been light on blog posting this year. They always say that life tends to get in...  Read more...