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Kevin |
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3/12/2009 9:36 AM |
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Kevin Dalton is the Manager of Software Development for Quest's Benchmark Factory for Databases . One of the original architects of the product, Kevin has been working on its development for more than 10 years. He has experience with several database technologies, including Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, and IBM UDB. Kevin holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and has been involved in software development since 1989.
Kevin's blog will focus on Benchmark Factory for Databases.
Recent postings:
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BFScripts, Part 3 |
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3/9/2010 8:59 AM
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In the final part of this series on BFScripts, we will look at the different ways you can use BFScripts to your benefit, including when performing user load tests and when connecting to a database.
The most common use of BFScripts is to randomize SQL statements when simulating large numbers of users. As I mentioned in the first part of this blog series, , you will yield u ...
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BFScripts, Part 1 |
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5/1/2009 11:22 AM
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One question that has been coming up lately is how I can randomize my SQL so that not every user is submitting the same statements. This is very important in creating a realistic workload to correctly perform a database performance test. Without this step the database will either pull data from cache or there will be a larger than normal amount of constraints/conflicts, such as updating the sa ...
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Benchmarking and Latency |
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3/12/2009 9:41 AM
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Welcome to my first blog! I am very excited about this opportunity to relay information about benchmarking/performance testing and, in particular, Benchmark Factory for Databases (BMF), but where to begin? For my first blog, I’ll start on the topic of latency.
One key thing to understand when doing testing is the characteristics of the workload, and a big piece o ...
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