Because of the many discussions and confusion around the topic of partitioning, disk alignment and it’s brother issue, ASM disk management, hereby an explanation on how to use UDEV, and as an extra, I present a tool that manages some…
Oracle, VMware and sub-server partitioning
Last week (during EMC world) a discussion came up on Twitter around Oracle licensing and whether Oracle would support CPU affinity as a way to license subsets of a physical server these days. @sam_lucido @EMCOracle @CacheFlush is #VMware and accepted…
TheCube interview EMC World 2014
Being interviewed yesterday at EMC World 2014 by Wikibon and SiliconAngle. Enjoy! Update: You can find a report of the interview here: Best Practices for Putting Your Oracle Database into the Cloud
Debunking Oracle certification myths
Another frequently asked question I get asked a lot: Is Oracle certified on Vmware? There are plenty articles discussing this very topic, here’s a few examples: oracle blog – is Oracle certified on VMware vmware understanding oracle certification support licensing…
Getting the most out of your server resources
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…