Editor’s note: This blog post does not cover Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression. The first thing that comes to most people’s mind when database table compression is mentioned is the savings it yields in terms of disk space. While reducing the footprint of data on disk is relevant, I would argue it...
Partway Researched With A Chance Of FUD
I tend to keep the content of this blog fairly technical and engineering focused, but every now and then I have to venture off and do an editorial post. Recently some of the ParAccel management decided to fire up the FUD machine on the ParAccel blog and take aim at Oracle’s Exadata making the...
2009 Year-End Zeitgeist
Another year in the books and another year on the Structured Data blog. Hopefully 2009 treated you well and 2010 will bring good things in addition. I thought I’d throw a few Top 5 lists together to reminisce about 2009. Enjoy! Top 5 Most Visited Blog Posts of 2009 DBMS_STATS, METHOD_OPT and FOR ALL...
The Core Performance Fundamentals Of Oracle Data Warehousing – Balanced Hardware Configuration
If you want to build a house that will stand the test of time, you need to build on a solid foundation. The same goes for architecting computer systems that run databases. If the underlying hardware is not sized appropriately it will likely lead to people blaming software. All too often...
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 for HP-UX Itanium and AIX (PPC64) Now Available
The HP-UX Itanium and AIX (PPC64) ports of Oracle Database 11g Release 2 can now be downloaded from OTN. Happy Holidays!!!
The Core Performance Fundamentals Of Oracle Data Warehousing – Introduction
At the 2009 Oracle OpenWorld Unconference back in October I lead a chalk and talk session entitled The Core Performance Fundamentals Of Oracle Data Warehousing. Since this was a chalk and talk I spared the audience any powerpoint slides but I had several people request that make it into a presentation so they could...
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 for Solaris x86-64 Now Available
The Solaris x86-64 port of Oracle Database 11g Release 2 can now be downloaded from OTN. Get it while it’s hot!
Oracle 11gR2 Database Flash Cache Patch For Oracle Enterprise Linux
Just a quick note that there is now a patch for the 11.2 Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) database ports to enable the database flash cache (not to be confused with the Exadata flash cache). Go to the My Oracle Support site and search for patch 8974084 – META BUG FOR FLASH CACHE 11.2PL...
Oracle OpenWorld Unconference
One of the less “traditional” tracks at Oracle OpenWorld is the Oracle Unconference. The Unconference allows for a much more informal setting for sessions and generally is more interactive and audience driven compared to the usually amounts of PowerPoint sessions contain which can cause eyes to bleed. This year I’ve signed up to give...
Oracle And Sun To Announce World’s First OLTP Database Machine With Sun FlashFire Technology
The internet buzz seems to be that Larry Ellison, CEO, Oracle Corporation and John Fowler, EVP, Sun Microsystems, Inc. will be announcing a new product, the world’s first OLTP database machine with Sun’s brand new FlashFire technology on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 1 p.m. PT. Both Sun and Oracle have Webcast invitations on their...
Top 10 Oracle 11gR2 New Features
In catching up on blog posts I see that Jonathan Lewis, Christian Antognini and Nuno Souto picked up on the deferred segment creation new feature in Oracle 11gR2. In keeping with the theme, I thought I’d put together the top 10 new features in Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) that I consider significant....
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Is Now Generally Available
Just a quick post to spread the news that Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is now generally available. Download it for Linux today. See the press release for the usual details. Here is an interesting tidbit of info from a PC World article: The new release is the product of some 1,500 developers and...