Monthly Archives: September 2018

How Much Data Availability is Enough?

Posted on September 17, 2018 by craig@craigsmullins.com

I bet that some of you reading the title of this blog post scoffed at it. I mean, in this day age, isn’t round-the-clock availability for every application and user just a basic requirement? No, it shouldn’t be. Let’s discuss. … Continue reading →

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Database Performance Management Solutions

Posted on September 5, 2018 by craig@craigsmullins.com

Performance management, from a database perspective, is comprised of three basic components: Monitoring a database system and applications accessing it to find problems as they arise. This is typically referred to as performance monitoring. Analyzing performance data (logs, trace records, … Continue reading →