Disk in-Depth
I started an article on Disk performance and characteristics for the PFE Performance Wiki a while back. I had actually forgotten about it (those who […]
DPC triangle…
So once upon a time, a PFE had a problem with his video game stuttering. The game would be playing fine and then suddenly, the […]
BPAs, not just for Exchange anymore…
So for those who don’t know, I used to be mainly an Exchange dork…ESE flowed in the veins don’t cha know? Anyway, one of the […]
RunAsRadio.com
I just realized I forgot to link to my xperf into talk on RunAsRadio.com back in October. Boy is my face red… http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=182 Check out […]
Yes, it matters
Often at customer engagements when I encourage them to use things like SCCM and SCUP along with HP or Dell SCUP integration to keep drivers […]
Boot delay in MOM 2005 Agent – notes from the field
Mom2005 agent for FCS v1 can slow boot times by around 20 seconds (typically)…So I did a WDRAP recently where part of their slow boot experience was […]
The David Solomon TechNet Spotlight Talks are online once again!
As some would say…Mission Accomplished. It’s a long story, but I use these videos, particular part of the part 3, in my class to teach […]
Troubleshooting slow boot times, Part Deux
In my last session, I covered a rudimentary usage of XPERF to analyze my slow booting Dell with a SSD in it. The fix was […]
The effects of Acoustic Management on rotational media disks.
So one of the trends I’ve been seeing in WDRAPs I’ve performed is that companies are making use of older hardware for newer tasks on […]
To Hyper-Thread or not, that is the question….
So there was some discussion on an internal alias recently, like, well, this morning at 6 A.M….anyway, where we were talking about if having HT […]