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From the article “Facebook shares some secrets on making MySql scale” “800 million users and handling more than 60 million queries per...

Delphix  is a finalist for UKOUG partners of the year! See the finalist at UKOUG finalists for partner of the year Vote here : UKOUG...

My previous blog had out grown the limited area of just Oracle. The current blog will cover broader areas of data mobility, agility and...

This is a reposting with some updates of a post from a couple of years ago. It is a huge decision to make at the beginning of a project...

see more at: SQL tuning with VST Saw a good posting on SQL joins today that echoes a classic image of SQL joins: I loved this graphic...

SQL Tuning Methodology Wednesday, June 26th  Session 13, Bayside C from 11:15 – 12:15 on Giving way 2 free copies of DB Optimizer at...

Jonathan Lewis joins us for the 2nd webcast of 3 in his series on Delphix technology and his experiences. Jonathan came out to the...

The above is so cool. The graphic shows the latency heatmap of “log file sync”. I was running a swingbench load and at the same time...

Re-engineering Your Database Using Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler 3.1 Learn how to use SQL Developer Data Modeler to import your...

Had a machine running the default database from the Oracle 11.2.0.3 installer. This instance was called o1123. I then created a second...

I’ll be speaking on Mon, Wednesday and Thursday: Boosting performance on reporting and development databases April 8, 2:30-3:30pm (Mile...

Here is my list and everything on this list is excellent. I’m sure I missed a few good ones, but maybe people can add them in the...

Kicking the Tires on Delphix Live webcast: Jonathan Lewis  – An Oracle Expert’s Look at the Delphix Technology Jonathan Lewis came out to...

Introduction When there is a disparity in reported I/O latency between the NFS server and Oracle database on the NFS client the question...

by Matt Hayward In collaboration with Kyle Hailey, Adam Leventhal, and others I’ve learned some rules of thumb for how to make accurate...

Delphix allows companies to make copies of Oracle databases in minutes with  almost no storage overhead by sharing all the duplicate data...

Mogens presenting in a bathrobe before 800 people Lots of good presentations, discussions and interactions with people at RMOUG. Kudos...

I’ve mentioned lab 128 before but I have to mentioned it again. Every DBA should know about this tool. It’s the fastest way to connect to...

Ask Jonathan about Delphix at http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/delphix/ Jonathan Lewis has graciously accepted an offer to...

Every so often a DSS query that usually takes 10 minutes ends up taking over an hour.  (or one that takes an hour never seems to finish)...