NPS Universal Bench Test
When IBM handed me the test-drive keys of a Base+2 platform, I agreed to couch my assessment in terms of my own domain. Phrases like “much faster” are too vague. But I could say – “Compared to what I’ve seen, it
Why is my CDC So Slow?
Whether it’s our new Netezza Performance Server (NPS) or your IPDA (Mako, etc) the need for change-data-capture from a source never goes away. Our objective is a Netezza table with the identical content and structure of the source database’s coun
Latest Netezza Performance Server
CloudPak for Data (CP4D) and Netezza Peformance Server (NPS) are the latest one-two market punch from IBM. I’ve already migrated a number of our clients into this platform. The experience has been, in a word, fun. Now don’t get me wrong, moving a
A Dance of Physics and Logic
“Query tuning in Netezza is like using a steering wheel to make a car go faster.” I watched with quiet concern as the DBAs, developers and query analyts threw queries at a machine like darts. They formulated the query one way, tuned it, reformula
Distribution and Co-Location Mysteries
A repeating theme of new Netezza deployments is: The greatest strength of Netezza is its power – and the greatest weakness of Netezza is its power. Because such power tempts us to build inefficient queries and structures, and presume the power
Welcome to My World
Greetings one and all, and welcome to my site. As the unofficial curator of the Enzee World, let me extend an invitation to subscribe and check back here from time to time. I’ll try to keep the blog posts relevant. Why Storyworld? I’m gla