Early this morning over breakfast, my son was gazing out the window.
Dad, have a look at this.
I looked out and there she was – a new neighbor indeed. She is definitely both a looker and an attention grabber. She wasn’t very animated — seemed like she must be into some sort [...]
Archive for August, 2007
A new neighbor
Posted in Aside on August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
How is it that this legacy storage is faster than this brand spankin’ new stuff?
Posted in Oracle, Performance, Solaris on August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So the question was posed, and the potential buyer of the storage system was perplexed. His team was evaluating replacement systems and storage and comparing it to their existing production system. What they couldn’t figure out was why the old storage system was out performing the new.
Both old and new were running Oracle [...]
System Topics in Oracle Database Administration Tutorial
Posted in ASM, Oracle, RAC on August 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ll be teaching a a tutorial on System Topics in Oracle Database Administration at the USENIX LISA ‘07 Conference in Dallas, TX on November 11, 2007.
Over the past couple of releases of Oracle database, the line has been blurring between that of an SA and a DBA. This blur has been created by [...]
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