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If George Carlin were a DBA he might have said, "A [database] is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff" referring to your application's data. This episode of PerfBytes will review the basics of relational database performance, the core components of a database engine that are critical for good performance and how to avoid a few pitfalls in database design. Oh, you're about to conduct your first database performance test? Listen to a few tips on planning and how to monitor performance in the first few runs. Plus we read some PerfBytian emails in a new segment called the PerfBytes Inbox!