I've been too busy to blog recently, which is frustrating because I want to talk more about subjects that are important to me such as Database Virtualization and the great hype around In Memory Databases. However, in the meantime I'd like to share some results from running SLOB (the Silly Little Oracle Benchmark) on Violin … Continue reading SLOB using Violin 6616 on Fujitsu Servers
Month: October 2012
In Memory Databases: HANA, Exadata X3 and Flash Memory (Part 2)
In the first part of this blog series on In Memory Databases (IMDBs) I talked about the definition of "memory" and found it surprisingly hard to pin down. There was no doubt that Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), such as that found in most modern computers, fell into the category of memory whilst disk clearly … Continue reading In Memory Databases: HANA, Exadata X3 and Flash Memory (Part 2)
Thoughts on In Memory Databases (Part 1)
Everyone is talking about In Memory at the moment. On blogs, in tweets, in the press, in the Oracle marketing department, in books by SAP employees, even my Violin colleagues... it's everywhere. What can I possibly add that will be of any value? Well, how about owning up to something: I find myself in a bit … Continue reading Thoughts on In Memory Databases (Part 1)
Using Oracle Preinstall RPM with Red Hat 6
Recently I've been building Red Hat 6 systems and struggling to use the Oracle Preinstall RPM because it has a dependency on the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. I've posted an article on this subject and my methods for getting around it: Using Oracle Preinstall RPM with Red Hat 6
This system is not registered with ULN / RHN
One of the features of Wordpress is the ability to see search terms which are taking viewers to your blog. One of the all-time highest searches bringing traffic to my site is "This system is not registered with ULN"... and sure enough if I search for that phrase on Google my site is one of the top … Continue reading This system is not registered with ULN / RHN
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