ODA

If you are using Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) then this patch is very important to apply. The patch bundle 2.1.0.3.0 has been published just this week and the most important fix from my perspective is the new BIOS version 12010304. Intel CPUs have a feature called Software Controlled Clock Modulation that allows programmatically control of [...]

Today I want to show what kind of IO performance we can get from Oracle Database Appliance (ODA). In this part, I will focus on hard disks. That’s right — those good old brown spinning disks. I often use Oracle ORION tool to stress-test an IO subsystem and find it’s limits. It’s a very simple [...]

When I first heard about Oracle Database Appliance and what it does, I got really excited — I saw great potential in this product. When we got our hands dirty and started testing the appliance, I become confident that this product will be a hit. Now it’s finally the time when I can share my [...]