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Generating Cleaner Schemas in WCF .NET 3.5 SP1

Posted: July 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off

I really like clean and simple without fluff so I decided to take some time to explore how to generate the least amount of WSDL code when creating a WCF service.

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SQL Health – Report Fragmentation for Entire database

Posted: June 22nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off

A quick way to scan an entire sql server database for fragmentation. Run the report and shows percentage of fragmentation across all tables.

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GC Performance Counters – Load Testing Continued

Posted: June 5th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

All about the garbage collection performance counter to complement the series on diagnosing and troubleshooting when running load tests and performance tests. The intro to this series can be found here.

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Load Testing ASP.NET and WCF – Introduction

Posted: June 5th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

Mother Microsoft likes its sandboxes. We, the children of mother Microsoft, don’t know how dangerous the world can be! There are scary things out there like Worms, DoS attack bullies, and worse of them all – ourselves.

So mother microsoft is there to protect us with her bubble wrap… Sharp corners become bubble wrapped, electrical sockets have covers, play objects are put away.

The same can be said for those of us blissfully unaware of the fact that the entire Windows Operating System has built in default bubble-wrap – reducing its raw performance and allowing us (who are unaware of its switches and toggles) to be mildly effective at our jobs.

I guess that’s why power users like Linux – it’s raw and can kick and bite you, and it does so “out-of-the-box”. Just a basic install of LAMP will mean all the knobs are preset to warp speed – if that gets you in DoS attack land – well that’s your fault… idiot. That’s Linux culture… the opposite of Windows…. The drunk parent who says… whatever doesn’t kill them will only make them stronger.

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