What is OGSA-DQP?

This link is the kind that you will need some uninterrupted brain time to look at. This is an implementation of DQP (Distributed Query Processing) which is a way to abstract queries for data across multiple componsnts (databases, data processors, formatters, etc) in a distributed way.

Take some time to dig in and contemplate how some of our Expedia systems would benefit or suffer from such a model.

Jeffrey Kelly
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5 Stress Reduction Tips

Quick article with some Stress reduction techniques.

Jeffrey Kelly
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Online travel sites court unmanaged business users

Interesting article about business travelers who are not part of a company/firm that contracts travel services and what OLTPs are doing to try to bring them in as customers.

Jeffrey Kelly
http://sailwhatcom.com

Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server 2005

This TechNet article covers DB Administrators with basic information on troubleshooting SQL Server performance slow downs. Somce of the topics include Bottlenecks, TempDB, and Query performance.

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