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
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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
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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 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 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 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
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Oracle and the Future
We’ll start with a disclaimer here- this is my experience and my opinion. NO ONE ELSE’S, just as any link
Read MoreTools To Monitor and Work with Oracle on Azure
I’ve been studying for over a week for my certs. It really is a challenge for my ADHD brain, as
Read MoreOracle on Azure- Options, Options, Options
I’ve been very busy allocating 60% of my time towards Oracle on Azure migrations. The biggest challenge right now isn’t
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Azure VMs with Oracle- Next Steps
Microsoft has done a great job of documenting how to create a VM with the appropriate VM image and Oracle
Read MoreCreate an Oracle VM on Azure in Less than 5 Minutes
If there’s one thing I’ve been able to prove this week, it’s that even with the sweet 4G LTE, Wi-Fi
Read MoreBest Practices for Oracle Data Guard on Azure
I keep saying I’m going to start sharing what I’m doing in the Analytics space soon, but heck, there’s too
Read MoreOracle and Microsoft’s Cross-Cloud Partnership
A couple weeks back, Oracle and Microsoft announced their cross-cloud partnership. This was wonderful news to me, as I’ve been
Read MoreMigrating Oracle Databases to Azure
Cloud is a still a huge buzz word because people are still moving to embrace it. As many companies that
Read MoreTime for #GLOC, #SQLSatDallas, #DataSummit18
The next nine days, I’m traveling to three cities for four events. We’ll just call this the 9-3-4 gauntlet of
Read MoreStarEast, InteropITX and GDPR
I’m getting ready to get on a plane between two events today and have been so busy, that there’s been
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
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