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kevinclosson.wordpress.com - 6/4/2009
World-Record TPC-H Result Proves Oracle Exadata Storage Server is 10x Faster Than Conventional Storage on a Per-Disk Basis!
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Even before there is any mainstream news about the freshly audited 1,166,976 QphH 1TB Scale World Record Oracle Database 11g with Exadata Storage Server result, I’ve gotten a couple of emails asking interesting questions. But first, a disclaimer. I did not work on that benchmark—unless you count ...
kevinclosson.wordpress.com - 6/9/2009
Oracle Exadata Storage Server Technical Deep Dive – Part IV
— kevinclosson.wordpress.com — We’ve set the date for Part IV. As an aside, I’m sorry to report that the recorded... webcast of Part III is still not available from IOUG. I recommend that folks view Part I as a minimum prerequisite for Part IV. I won’t spend any time in review. You can access Part I and Part II [...] (more) Oracle Exadata Storage Server Technical Deep Dive – Part IV

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Oracle Database Cloud Backup
johanlouwers.blogspot.com - 6/10/2009
Oracle Database Cloud Backup
— johanlouwers.blogspot.com — When you are looking into the architecture of a new database system a lot of things are... to be considered. Besides the applications that will be using the database you will have to think about hardware, networking, storage, failover systems, backup and recovery, etc etc etc.Traditional backup is ... (more) Oracle Database Cloud Backup

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