An IT infrastructure perspective on optimizing business applications
In previous posts I have focused on the technical side of running business applications (except my last post about the Joint Escalation Center). So let’s teleport to another level and have a look at business drivers. What happens if you…
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Today I was giving a training to fellow EMC colleagues on some Oracle fundamentals. One of the things that was mentioned is something I have heard several times before: Oracle is claiming that EMC SRDF (a data mirroring function from…
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A trivial question: What is the basic function of a storage system? I would say, the trivial function of a storage system is to store digital data and getting it back when you need it. To be specific: get the…
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A comparison between Oracle (Active) Data Guard and EMC replication for disaster recovery purposes This is an article I wrote a while ago for customers’ Database Administrators (DBAs) and application managers, that helps them in selecting the right Disaster Recovery…
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For many years, EMC customers have been using storage replication technology to create copies of entire databases. Using storage cloning has many advantages over other mechanisms (file copy, tape restore, and the like). Most significant is that EMC storage can…
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