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…
Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC) for (storage) dummies
Although EMC and Oracle have been long-time partners, the Exadata Database Machine is the exception to the rule and competes with EMC products directly. So I find myself more and more in situations where EMC offerings are compared directly with…
Data Guard protecting from EMC block corruptions?
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…
Oracle and Data Integrity: Data in, Garbage Out?
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…
POC: Piece Of Cake or Point Of Contradiction?
Every now and then I get involved in Customer Proof of Concepts. A Proof of Concept (POC) is, according to Wikipedia, something like a demonstration of feasibility of a certain idea, concept or theory.