Designing for Multi-Platform Databases: A SME’s Perspective
When building products that interact with multiple database platforms, the complexity can be both a challenge and an opportunity. For
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Oracle and Cloud Wars
I just finished an interview with a friend for a blog post where he was surprised how differently I was
Read MoreAzure 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
Read MoreOde to Azure Cloud Shell on Christmas
When I arrived at Microsoft, I knew I would hopefully get to use my Linux skills for more than teaching
Read MoreGDPR Solutions in the Day of Automation
There’s something for having job security and many of the solutions that I see offered for RDBMS challenges offer just
Read MoreContent- My Year in Review, 2017
So where did 2017 go?!?!? I really, really would like to know… Needless to say, it’s time to do a
Read MoreEast Coast Oracle Conference, (ECO 17)
So this week I’m back on the other coast, Raleigh, NC at ECO17 after last week in Seattle. I’ve switched
Read MoreData Gravity and the Network
The network has often been viewed as “no man’s land” for the DBA- Our tools may identify network latency, but
Read MoreArchaic Data Transfer- A DBA Rant
There was a great post by Noel Yuhanna on how he deems the number of DBAs required in a database
Read MoreVirtualizing Big Data in the Cloud
I’m in sunny Phoenix this week at the Data Platforms 2017 Conference and looking forward to a break in the
Read MoreDelivering Migration Projects on Time
I did a couple great sessions yesterday for the awesome Dallas Oracle User Group, (DOUG.) It was the first time
Read MoreAWS CloudWatch with Delphix AWS Trial
I love valuable metric data and I wanted to see what’s offered from different cloud providers. Metrics are data and
Read MoreSwingbench with the AWS Trial
Swingbench is a one of the best choices for easy loads on a database. I wanted to use it against
Read MoreManually Adding Sales History, (SH) Schema to 11.2.0.4
Most people know I like to do things the hard way… 🙂 When it comes to learning things, there’s often no
Read MoreWhy the DBA is Necessary to the Cloud- Part I
There are a lot of people and companies starting to push the same old myth regarding the death of the
Read MoreClone…err, Cloud Wars
No, this isn’t a title for a future Star Wars movie, but our own future, foreseen by me, (as well
Read MoreThe Delphix Trial on AWS- Get It While Its HOT!
I don’t want to alarm you, but there’s a new Delphix trial on AWS! It uses your own AWS account
Read MoreWorking on an AWS Host as a DBA
We, DBAs, have a tendency to over think everything. I don’t know if the trait to over think is just found
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