Month: October 2013

Interrupting a thread in java

Often, someone will wish to somehow terminate a thread that is causing issues. These issues could be things such as blocking threads that prevent other threads from doing work, or something that is using a lot of CPU. While the…

AWR like jobs in SQL Server

This morning when I arrived at the office, there were several emails related to a high CPU utilization issue on a SQL Server that occurred around 4:45AM this morning. Since SQL Server 2005 does not have the anticipated performance repository…