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 CEO's
Connection
The
Elusive
Database
Cluster
by
Rob
Gardos,
CEO
The
significant
scalability
and
reliability
advantages
of
a
cluster
make
it
the
preferred
architecture
for
many
IT
organizations.
The
perils
of
managing
a
big
box
environment,
including
the
nightmare
forklift
upgrade
or
idle
backup
equipment,
can
add
significant
overhead
to
any
enterprise.
The
application
and
Web
tiers
have
fully
embraced
this
model,
handling
concurrent
failures
gracefully
while
scaling
on
demand.
It
works
because
it's
simple.
The
wonders
of
load
balancers
abstract
the
complexity
of
cluster
management
making
the
replacement/addition
of
nodes
trivial.
more
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 Featured
Article
The
Blade
Is
Mightier...
by
Matthew
Zito,
Chief
Scientist
I'll
draw
a
line
in
the
sand
-
blades
are
the
future
of
servers.
They
are
the
best
platform
for
just
about
everything
today,
and
in
the
future,
they
will
be
the
best
servers
for
everything
--
period.
In
fact,
the
things
that
blades
are
not
good
for
today,
in
my
mind,
are
the
things
that
you
shouldn't
be
doing
with
your
servers
to
begin
with.
more
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 Ask
the
Expert
-
Mr.
Database
by
Eric
Gross,
DBA
This
Month's
Question:
Dear
Mr.
Database:
I'm
having
difficulty
getting
the
best
storage
options
for
RAC
-
any
suggestions?
-
Jonathan
Palmer,
Salt
Lake
City,
UT
answer
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