It always fascinates me the way a certain perspective will view Capacity Planning and Performance Analysis. For instance, I could not count the number of times a developer or PM for a project has stated “we need a new server for our database”...

Robots, Computers and You. After seeing ‘I, Robot’ some friends and I engaged in a lively debate about the nature of robots, robotics and their relationships to people and computers. The essential argument centered on the questions “Is...

If you’re reading this update, or any of the previous updates then you are at least marginally interested in enterprise management and data collection. In the four previous posts I’ve discussed some of the issues with enterprise data collection...

Okay, so what do I do to have fun on the weekend? Well, actually lots of things, but this is what I'm doing today! LOTR Concert I'll let you know how it was! Update - The concert was fantastic! I really recommend that anyone who has an opportunity to...

I love relational databases. Many years ago, I made a conscious decision that I was going to devote my career to architecting, engineering and running databases. I've spent years poring over subjects such as relational theory, SQL-92 and SQL-99 standards...

In parts 1 through 3 I’ve outlined some of the issues surrounding the operation of the MOM environment while trying not be too specific. Now I want to talk about why we use MOM as our primary collection point. Simply put, a properly configured...

And if you thought the material portion of the TOC was getting expensive, wait until you try managing MOM. MOM allows an engineer to separate the Agents into Processing Rule Groups (PRG) based on many different criteria such as Machine Name or a...