Application integration & Middleware

SQL Server Perfmon does not start automatically

I have recently used perfmon (performance monitor) at a customer site. I created a Data Collector Set to monitor CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network during one day. Then, I ran the monitor and I received a “beautiful” error message…(…)

Java Mission Control 5.2 (7u40) deserves your attention

Recently, some new versions of java were made available. Most people think Java updates are boring and only security-oriented. But one of the last updates (7u40) includes a feature which deserves attention. I mean Java Mission Control 5.2. Hotspot incoming(…)

Understanding JVM Java memory leaks

Lots of people think that Java is free of memory management as the JVM uses a Garbage Collector. The goal of this collector is to free objects that are no longer used in the program without the developer being(…)

SQL Server 2014: sys.dm_exec_query_profiles, a new promising feature

Among the hidden features provided by SQL Server 2014 there is a very interesting dynamic management view named sys.dm_exec_query_profiles. This feature will help the database administrators and experienced developers to troubleshoot long running queries in real-time. I’m pretty sure(…)

How to avoid Failover Cluster with PowerShell scripting

One of my colleague asked me some days ago if I could create a PowerShell script to get rid from Windows Server Failover Cluster. The reason is that it has, in some specific cases, the bad habit to failover(…)

Configure a Kerberos Client and Alfresco as a Kerberized application

In the previous blog, I described How to install and manage a Kerberos Server but that’s useless if there are no clients and if no application have been kerberized! That’s why in this blog I will explain in(…)

Tempdb enhancements with SQL Server 2014

SQL Server 2014 is definitively designed for performance and I will try to demonstrate it during this blog post. I like to talk about hidden performance features because generally it does not require any changes for applications unlike in-memory(…)

SQL Server 2014 : New incremental statistics

Do you use partitioning with SQL Server? If yes this post is for you because there are good news about partitioning with SQL Server 2014. I remember an old job with a healthcare customer who we decided to implement(…)

ESPC 2014: Upgrading To SharePoint 2013

I have decided to make a resume of the presentation “Upgrading SharePoint 2013” by Sam Hassani that I have followed at the European SharePoint Conference 2014. This is meant for the people who did not have the chance(…)

SQL Server 2014: SELECT INTO operators can run in parallel

A couple of weeks ago, I had to provide some best practices in term of architecture for a “heavy writes” environment that consists in importing data from different sources into SQL Server tables. At the customer place, I was(…)