Archive Mar 8, 2012
Yum Repository for Oracle Enterprise Linux
One of the new requirements of the Exadata Storage Server patches (starting with 11.2.3.1.0) is that the compute nodes will be patched through yum. Previously, the minimal pack was bundled with the storage server patch and applied directly to the dat…
Real-Time Stream
SSL gateway access cut off to our performance test engagement without notice. Trying to fix strange bug with their app running on 11g on solaris10. Hypothesis of database locks not clearing and bringing system down (never good). Waiting on NNPS d…
Real-Time Stream
SSL gateway access cut off to our performance test engagement without notice. Trying to fix strange bug with their app running on 11g on solaris10. Hypothesis of database locks not clearing and bringing system down (never good). Waiting on NNPS data. …
A final test of an email alert system using production data at a medical insuran…
A final test of an email alert system using production data at a medical insurance company goes awry; thousands of customer names and medical procedures are exposed. Almost 50% of companies use production data in test/dev environments, and only 22% hav…
Update Available For SLOB — The Silly Little Oracle Benchmark.
It’s not really a benchmark, nor silly but it had a silly bug in the driver script (runit.sh). The bug is fixed and the updated tar archive is available here: http://oaktable.net/articles/slob-silly-little-oracle-benchmark
If you compare before and a…
AllThingsOracle.com
This is just a short note that the next part of my Dynamic Sampling series has been posted on AllThingsOracle.comThis time I highlight how to configure Dynamic Sampling – the first part focusing on the available session/statement levels. The next part …
