Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on some new (and older) installations of Exadata, and came across a few items that piqued my interest. Each of these things had been on my mind for a while, but it’s nice to see them finally resolved. The first is a small change to the installation… Read More »
We’ve had a few weeks to play around with the ODA in our office, and I’ve been able to crack it open and get to into the software and hardware that powers it. For starters, the system runs a new model of Sun Fire – the X4370 M2. The 4U chassis is basically 2 separate… Read More »
Oracle has announced a new product, the “Oracle Database Appliance,” or ODA (pronounced oh-duh) as I like to call it. Enkitec has been fortunate enough to get our hands on a test box. Be sure to check out my post on a deep dive (LINK GOES HERE) inside the ODA. The gist of the ODA… Read More »
I’ll be presenting at OpenWorld this year with Cristobal Pedregal-Martin from Oracle. Our session is titled “How to Best Configure, Size, and Monitor the Oracle Database Fast Recovery Area.” While it may be an afterthought for many DBAs, it is something that requires some planning, especially on Exadata environments. Cris will be speaking on guidelines… Read More »
One of the common refrains regarding Exadata storage is that there’s no real capacity for adding storage as your database grows. The routine was always to let the storage guys dole out storage as needed, keeping tight reins on where their precious gigabytes (now terabytes) went. When a database outgrew the storage it was allocated,… Read More »