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What was the name of that SQL script again? SQLWrap to the rescue!

Bart Sjerps 2019-03-18 Oracle No Comments

If you are a frequent user of Oracle SQL*Plus, you probably also know about a tool called rlwrap. Bare SQL*Plus does not offer command history, arrow-key editing or any type of word completion so it feels like you’re thrown back…

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Announcing qdda 2.0

Bart Sjerps 2018-05-14 Innovation, Oracle, Performance 1 Comment

It’s almost a year since I blogged about qdda (the Quick & Dirty Dedupe Analyzer). qdda is a tool that lets you scan any Linux disk or file (or multiple disks) and predicts potential thin, dedupe and compression savings if…

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Time for a change: Migrating Exadata to a modern All-Flash array

Bart Sjerps 2018-02-28 Deduplication, Oracle 4 Comments

  With Oracle’s uncertain SPARC future, the rise of very fast and capable All-Flash arrays and existing Exadata customers looking to refresh their hardware, I increasingly get questions on what platform we can offer as an alternative to Exadata or…

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Six alternatives to replace licensed Oracle database options

Bart Sjerps 2017-07-11 Oracle 6 Comments

More and more I hear companies looking into replacing expensive licensed database options with more cost-effective alternatives, for various reasons: simple cost reduction, or avoiding lock-in, or because of other strategic considerations. In order to kickstart the creative thinking, here…

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Five reasons to choose VMware vs Oracle Multitenant

Bart Sjerps 2017-06-13 Oracle, Virtualization 4 Comments

While busy preparing another blogpost on my dedupe analyzer tool, I was triggered to write a quick hotlist of reasons why one would strategically choose VMware virtualization over Oracle multitenant option if the goal is to achieve operational and cost…

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