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Pros and cons of manual capacity management

Strict caps, as we've mentioned in previous posts, can be harmful to application performance. On the flip side, raising a cap to meet the needs of workload conditions can increase the Rolling 4-Hour...

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Optimizing batch workload with dynamic initiators

When you hear the term dynamic initiators, you probably think of an initiator that simply starts and stops automatically. The thing is, when these initiators become part of a complete automation...

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Less is more – Too much of a good thing

Once upon a time, we had the luxury of throwing resources at performance problems. But even back then, we knew that didn't always work and that there were diminishing returns, especially for batch...

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Dataset contention –“No fighting, No biting”

As children, many of us read the timeless classic, ‘No Fighting, No Biting,’ a tale of warring alligator siblings and how their mother sought to broker peace between them. There are parallels to the...

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The Batch Service Metric: Creating SLAs that work

We systems programmers love metrics – and we have a lot of them. Leveraging its Batch Service Metric, ThruPut Manager can help you set and achieve SLAs that are achievable and desirable. Give it a try...

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Overinitiation: When more isn’t better

Even knowledgeable performance experts make the mistake of throwing more resources at work. If 10 buffers are good, 15 would be even better, right? If we have more batch work, throw initiators at it;...

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