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Play by Play: Database Tuning

Rob Sullivan tweaks the performance of a failing database using the Stack Overflow data dump.

Intermediate
1h 4m
(81)

Created by Rob Conery

Last Updated Jul 31, 2021

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Play by Play: Database Tuning

Rob Sullivan tweaks the performance of a failing database using the Stack Overflow data dump.

Intermediate
1h 4m
(81)

Created by Rob Conery

Last Updated Jul 31, 2021

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In this single video, Rob Sullivan is tasked with perf-tuning an ASP.NET MVC 3 web application (using EF) so it can handle a StackOverflow data dump. Over 4 million rows of data in the Posts table alone! The application is one that any web developer might build - with holes in it that any developer might fall into. The site is timing out, we're down - we need some help from an amazing DBA!

Play by Play: Database Tuning
Intermediate
1h 4m
(81)
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Rob Conery co-founded Tekpub and created This Developer's Life. He is an author, speaker, and sometimes a little bit opinionated.

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