A while ago Kevin Closson announced a new release of the well-known SLOB kit. SLOB is a simple but powerful toolkit that drives lots and lots of IO on a real Oracle database (so for performance testing of database platforms,…
Interview with Madora
A while ago I was interviewed by Kay Williams of Madora Consulting. As many customers are overwhelmed by licensing, audit and compliancy issues, I highly recommend my EMEA readers to reach out to Madora if you need independent assistance in…
Tales from the past – Disaster Recovery testing
A long time ago in a datacenter far, far away…. Turmoil has engulfed the IT landscape. Within the newly formed digital universe, corporate empires are becoming more and more dependent on their digital data and computer systems. To avoid downtime…
Introducing Outrun for Oracle
Overview If you want to get your hands dirty with Oracle database, the first thing you have to do is build a system that actually runs Oracle database. Unless you have done that several times before, chances are that this…
Tales from the past – Overheated Datacenter
A long time ago in a datacenter far, far away…. It is a period of digital revolution. Rebel Dot Com companies, striking from hidden basements and secret lofts, have won their first fights against long-standing evil corporate empires. During the…