In a previous post, I introduced CRIPS – a measurement of the processing power of a CPU (core) based on SPEC CPU Integer Rate. The higher the CRIPS rating, the better a processor is in terms of performance per physical…
Maximum Efficiency Architecture: Current State
In the previous post, I announced Maximum Efficiency Architecture – a methodology for achieving optimal cost-efficiency for (Oracle) databases whilst also maintaining (or even improving) business service levels. In this post we will review the current state of typical database…
Reducing Oracle TCO: Maximum Efficiency Architecture
Last year, Dell EMC sponsored the 2020 IOUG Database Priorities Survey. One of the questions was, “What leading factors do you weigh when selecting infrastructure for your Oracle environment?” The number 1 factor respondents mentioned, was “Cost”. This confirms my…
Oracle on VMware – The Final Frontier
A question I tend to ask my customers almost always is what their current state is regarding IT transformation and journey to the cloud. Of course such a strategy does not work very well on bare metal and some kind…
Five reasons to choose VMware vs Oracle Multitenant
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…