Jimmy May, Aspiring Geek: SQL Server Performance, Best Practices, & Productivity

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Xperf: Install Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT) with 242MB Download, Not 2.5GB Windows 7 SDK: Part 2: In my first post on Xperf , I described the simple 4.4MB download necessary to install the Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA) & the other tools which comprise the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT), including Xperf. I was surprised to learn that the Read More...
Posted 24 November 09 02:18 by Jimmy May | 3 Comments
Filed under Training, Best Practices, Fundamentals, /faster, xperf/ETW/WPA/WPT
Xperf: Install Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT) with 242MB Download, Not the Entire 2.5GB Windows 7 SDK: Part 1: Say It Ain’t So! In my first post on Xperf , I described the simple 4.4MB download necessary to install the Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA) & the other tools which comprise the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT), including Xperf. I was surprised Read More...
Posted 22 November 09 06:00 by Jimmy May | 1 Comments
Filed under Training, Best Practices, Fundamentals, Tools, /faster, xperf/ETW/WPA/WPT
xPerf: Once I Was Blind and Now I See: I’ve been aware of the buzz around xPerf for quite some time. I flagged emails from Microsoft Premier Field Engineers Clint Huffman (author of PAL ) & Shane Creamer (author of Vital Signs ) who in internal DLs both cited the tool way back in Read More...
Posted 08 September 09 11:10 by Jimmy May | 4 Comments
Filed under Disk I/O, News, Performance, Fundamentals, /faster, xperf/ETW/WPA/WPT