I arrived last evening in Las Vegas for the Conference. So far, not so good, but nothing major wrong. I’ve just been a dolt. All I can hope for is that I can get it all out of my system before my talk.
Largely, its been a matter of rushing things along and [...]
Archive for April, 2007
EXPOSED in Vegas!
Posted in Aside on April 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
All about Direct IO
Posted in Oracle, RAC, Solaris on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Bob Sneed has a great write-up on Direct IO. Great coverage and a good read.
He also offers some good advice for those considering a move to Oracle RAC.
Is 100% CPU Utilization a Bad Thing?
Posted in Solaris on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I’m not sure it is ever a good thing either.
It simply means that there are potentially other threads that are ready to run that aren’t being serviced that could be if other resources were available. It equates to lower throughput than might be possible for that interval of [...]
Now I Understand the Nickname
Posted in Aside on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame’s real name is Norville. Who knew?
COLLABORATE ‘07
Posted in DTrace, Oracle, Solaris on April 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’ll be heading out to COLLABORATE ‘07 next week where I will be presenting an expert technical session on using DTrace in an Oracle environment on Thursday morning.
If you are a new speaker, I am a new speaker mentor and I’ll be presenting to you on Sunday afternoon.
If you are heading out there, I’d [...]
Rome
Posted in Aside on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve got so much that I want to put here and so little time. If you are visiting and don’t find this useful, like the New England weather, just wait a bit. I promise that there is much more to come.
And so it Begins…Again.
Posted in Aside on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There must be a first one, and this is the first post for this blog. I call this blog “scoolin” because I’m always learning and love to share what I learn. The botched spelling of the blog name – I’ve mixed feelings about. Mispelled words are a pet peeve of mine. [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Aside on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!
Interesting how “Hello World” still has a life. Will probably outlive me.
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