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RAC synchro reader - beta
Michael Möller | 19:15:21 | 2007-04-24 -
A "small yet powerful", or "simple and cheerful", utility to read several alert logs from a RAC database, side by side. Scrolling one alert log will scroll the others, too, such that any visible timestamps are (as close as possible) showing the same time. Ie. scroll by timestamp, not by line number.
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Investigation of collecting Cost Base Optimizer statistic
Peter Bach | 06:39:01 | 2005-01-19 -
This article looks at some of the questions and challenges you need to consider when you are planning statistics collection for Oracle's Cost Based Optimizer.
This investigation is based on Oracle RDBMS release 9.2.0.3
and 9.2.0.5 running on HP-UX and RDBMS 10.0.1.2 running on XP professional.
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Brewing Benchmarks
James Morle | 06:35:25 | 2003-12-04 -
Creating an accurate simulation of your own application can be a difficult task. This paper details methods and software that can make this process considerably more straightforward and much more accurate that many other methods.
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Locally managed tablespaces
Connor McDonald | 19:24:08 | 2003-02-17 -
A quick look at the ins and outs of locally managed tablespaces
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Sane SAN
James Morle | 13:30:17 | 2002-10-22 -
In a world of SAN-based insanity, seek refuge in a few logical thoughts on how to regain predictable, measured performance, and simple maintenance of your SAN.
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The New Rules of Solid-State Disks
James Morle | 12:20:05 | 2002-10-22 -
Solid-State disks have been an intriguing possibility in Oracle-based systems since their inception. However, a lot has changed since they first hit the streets, not least SANs, cached disk arrays and large memory support. So where do SSDs sit in the new order of I/O hierarchy?
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