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...
Chuck Hollis, VP and Global Marketing CTO at EMC has written a couple blog posts offering his thoughts on Oracle Exadata. The first was “Oracle Does Hardware” which he wrote the day after the product launch. The second, unimpressively titled “I Annoy Kevin Closson at Oracle” was on Monday October 20th which was in...