Azure IO Performance for the RDBMS DBA- Part I
With my upcoming session on “Migrating Oracle Workloads to Azure IaaS” this week at PASS Virtual Summit 2020, I wanted
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Making Technology Bulletproof
Author: Kellyn
Why a One-Week Report for AWR Sizing in Azure
It’s not uncommon for different recommended practices to arise in technical sizing and optimization practices. For many, it’s a compromise
Read More2020 PASS Summit and the Azure SQL Championship
I barely have enough time to breathe let along blog these days, but lucky for me, I am taking some
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Prepping an Oracle Database for a Cloud Migration
There’s so much I need to get written down these days, but there’s only so many hours in a day
Read MoreWhy Good Intentions + WIT + D&I = FAIL
In two hours I am honored to be the guest of the CSME Women’s Book Club event at Microsoft to
Read MoreTwo Years at Microsoft
This is commonly the time at any company I discuss how I’m about to move on… Nope, not planning on
Read MoreOracle on Azure- Sizing vs. Optimizing
As the flood gates open up on Oracle for Azure IaaS, working in an efficient manner has become a necessity.
Read MoreThe Unsung Hero Support of WFH, Our Pets
A week ago, Friday was my 13 year-old Cattle Dog/Jack Russell mix, DaVinci’s time to go to doggo heaven. He
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World Backup Day- Backing up an Oracle Database using RMAN to Azure Blob Storage
A DBA is only as good as their last backup…or more so, their last recovery. To celebrate #WorldBackupDay on Twitter,
Read MoreCreate a Simple Oracle VM on Azure IaaS
Use the following shell script to create your Oracle VM. I chose the following parameters to create mine: Using Azure
Read MoreLocating Oracle Enterprise Linux Images for Azure
Just like with other UI’s, the Azure portal may not show you the wealth of offerings that can be found
Read MoreThe Layman’s Term Guide to AWR for Microsoft- Part I
As often as I use the Automatic Workload Repository(AWR) data in my day-to-day job at Microsoft, I think most can
Read MoreRAC on Azure- Link to Microsoft Tech Blog
Some folks stated they were having trouble finding this, so I’m posting a link here for the blog I wrote
Read MoreUnreal Load Testing in the Cloud
Load testing as part of a cloud migration project is expected and should be built into the requirements. The goal
Read MoreExadata Workloads to Azure, Part II
In my last post, I discussed some of the unique challenges migrating Oracle workloads from Exadata to Azure posed. Engineered
Read MoreUnderstanding as a Flawed Ally How We All Can be Better
It was brought to my ADHD attention, that one of our community members is leaving after she was made to
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Redgate State of Database DevOps Webinar- February 12th!
Please join me, Kendra Little and Grant Fritchey on February 12th for an awesome webinar to discuss the results from the
Read MoreMigrating Oracle Exadata Workloads to Azure
I know, I know- there’s a number of you out there thinking- I’m being brought in on more and more
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