An IT infrastructure perspective on optimizing business applications
As an advocate on database virtualization, I often challenge customers to consider if they are using their resources in an optimal way. And so I usually claim, often in front of a skeptical audience, that physically deployed servers hardly ever…
2,355 total views
My all-time high post with the most pageviews is the one on Linux disk alignment: How to set disk alignment in Linux. In that post I showed an easy method on how to set and check disk alignment under linux. 1,748 total…
1,748 total views
Yet another customer was asking me for advice on implementing the ZFS file system on EMC storage systems. Recently I did some hands-on testing with ZFS as Oracle database file store so that I could get an opinion on the…
8,568 total views
Awesome post by Kevin! Recommended read if you are interested in Oracle Exadata. 1,627 total views
1,627 total views
Another Frequently Asked Question: Is there any disadvantage for a customer in using Oracle/SUN ZFS appliances to create database/application snapshots in comparison with EMC’s cloning/snapshot offerings? Oracle marketing is pushing materials where they promote the ZFS storage appliance as the…
1,985 total views