ASM Metadata Utilities

One of the things I meant to write about when I started this blog was the undocumented stuff in Oracle that is publicly available. Since I used to spend a lot of time working with ASM I had an idea that I would write an article about kfed, the kernel file editor used to query … Continue reading ASM Metadata Utilities →

Oracle on Violin – Installation Cookbooks

I've been installing Oracle databases on Violin Memory a lot recently so I thought I'd document the process for each different flavour and combination of OS, kernel, database software and filesystem / ASM configuration that I use. Only one so far but the menu will grow...

Analysing Oracle Exadata

I've been working on a document recently which describes Exadata and examines its strengths and weaknesses. I have uploaded a number of the sections of the document as pages to this site - they are listed as tabs under the Oracle Exadata menu here.