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CEO's Connection
Are You Ready for the Next Generation of Database Architecture?
by Rob Gardos, CEO
If not, you'd better get ready because it's already happening. Database architects have realized that having a hodgepodge of big boxes running one database per application per server and, of course, a 4:1 ratio of production to non-production databases is probably not the most efficient way to run a database infrastructure. Maybe it's the regulators or the diminishing talent pool of DBAs that brought about this shift in perception. Perhaps the sheer amount of data and number of databases under management has moved organizations to the tipping point.
Whatever the reason, attitudes about database management are shifting - more >>
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Featured Article
Making Sense of RAC Storage
by Matthew Zito, Chief Scientist
Despite GridApp's general-purpose database automation focus, I get a lot of questions from people I meet about Oracle RAC. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given my background in storage, the lion's share of those questions are about what storage and types of storage people should be using for their RAC environments. While this subject is something that could easily fill an entire series of newsletters, I'll try to cover some of the basics surrounding why storage is significantly more complicated in Oracle RAC environments and what options are available to you as an end user. - more >>
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Ask the Expert - Mr. Database
This month's question:
Dear Mr. Database:
Can you spell out the advantages of a clustered database environment, like Oracle RAC, over single instance environment? And is there any downside?
Pradeep
Phoenix
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Complimentary Webinar:
What You Need To Know About Oracle License Compliance
Tuesday, June 20
12:00 p.m. EDT / 9:00 a.m. PDT
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Gartner Data Center Forum
Las Vegas, NV
Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 2006
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Georgia Oracle Users Group
Atlanta, GA
July 13, Mirant, Perimeter Center
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