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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…

flashdba Blog, Flash Leave a comment March 19, 2012September 14, 2015 1 Minute

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.

flashdba Blog, Oracle Exadata Leave a comment March 16, 2012September 14, 2015 1 Minute

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