A lot of people I know use WordPress.com, including me for this blog. One of the common complaints I hear is that it's not easy to insert formatted text such as source code or, in my case, snippets from Oracle AWR Reports. I don't have a problem with this, because I have developed a way … Continue reading Inserting Formatted Code into WordPress
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AWR Generator
As part of my role at Violin I spend a lot of time profiling customer's databases to see how their performance varies over time. The easiest way to do this (since I often don't have remote access) is to ask for lots of AWR reports. One single report covering a large span of time is … Continue reading AWR Generator
Engineered Systems – An Alternative View
Have you seen the press recently? Or passed through an airport and seen the massive billboards advertising IT companies? I have - and I've learnt something from them: Engineered Systems are the best thing ever. I also know this because I read it on the Oracle website... and on the IBM website, although IBM likes … Continue reading Engineered Systems – An Alternative View
The Standard Tech Industry Sales Pitch
The tech industry is full of people, companies and organisations that want your attention, your custom and your money. There are so many of them out there it's mind-boggling - so how does one go about standing out from the crowd? The winners are the ones that can differentiate themselves from the rest - the ones that … Continue reading The Standard Tech Industry Sales Pitch
Database Workload Theory
In the scientific world, theoretical physicists postulate theories and ideas, for example the Higgs Boson. After this, experimental physicists design and implement experiments, such as the Large Hadron Collider, to prove or disprove these theories. In this post I'm going to try and do the same thing with databases, except on a smaller budget, with less … Continue reading Database Workload Theory
Auto DOP with High Performance Storage
Guest Post Nate Fuzi is my friend and collegue, based out in the US fulfilling the same role that I perform in EMEA. He is also the person with which I have drunk more sake jello shots than I ever thought probable / sensible / acceptable. Nate recently wrote this note regarding the use of … Continue reading Auto DOP with High Performance Storage
Flash Enables Human-Time Analytics
Analytics. Apparently it's "the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data". Allegedly it's the "Next Holy Grail". By definition it's "the science of logical analysis". But what is it really? We know that it is considered a type of Business Intelligence. We know that when applied to massive volumes of information it is often described … Continue reading Flash Enables Human-Time Analytics
The Ultimate Guide To Oracle Support
In an effort to provide useful content rather than just blathering on about stuff I've written an article on how to work with and understand Oracle Support. The idea is that if you know the way the organisation works, you can get the best out of your experiences with them. Nothing in the article is … Continue reading The Ultimate Guide To Oracle Support
Why In-Memory Computing Needs Flash
You might be tempted to think that In-Memory technologies and flash are concepts which have no common ground. After all, if you can run everything in memory, why worry about the performance of your storage? However, the truth is very different: In-Memory needs flash to reach its true potential. Here I will discuss why and … Continue reading Why In-Memory Computing Needs Flash
More on Exadata X3 “Database In-Memory” (but not by me)
Not a real post - but a recommendation... Kevin Closson, former Performance Architect within Oracle's Exadata development organisation, has (finally!) written a blog post about the new Exadata X3 model with it's claimed "Database In-Memory" marketing title. For the history of Exadata click here. But more importantly, for the insider view, click here: Oracle Exadata … Continue reading More on Exadata X3 “Database In-Memory” (but not by me)
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