by Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect
Oracle Spatial and Graph is a product that allows for the storage and processing of geospatial objects inside of the database. From the Oracle Technology Global Pricing List, “Oracle Spatial is an integrated set of…
Jonas Mason, Principal Architect
Oracle Data Guard has long been Oracle’s recommended solution for providing DR protection for Oracle instances. If your production Oracle databases are few, the scale of effort to implement and maintain Data Guard might be manageable,…
by Joe Grant (@dba_jedi), Principal Architect
Accidental or unintentional use of the extra-cost options and management packs for Oracle Database poses a significant risk to anyone utilizing Oracle software. All of the options and management packs are simply a part…
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO and Chief Evangelist
Have you ever noticed that just about 100% of grade school through high school musicians are capable of playing the right note on their sheet music at the right time? That said, precious…
Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect
Currently, the most common licensing metrics for purchases of core technology products are the following:
Processor – Per-core licensing based on a platform dependent core factor
Named User Plus (NUP) – Based on the number of…
Jonas Mason, Principal Architect
This blog covers the experiences House of Brick consultants have had with the Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) based on migrating to it, supporting it, and patching it. The title indicates our mixed feelings about this offering.
ODA’s…
Andy Kerber (@dbakerber), Senior Consultant
As an Oracle DBA, I often find it necessary to use X-Windows. For unknown reasons, Oracle has chosen to standardize on X-Windows as the normal installer for their software. Because of this requirement for Oracle,…
by Joe Grant (@dba_jedi), Principal Architect
This summer I was involved with a large-scale datacenter move for one of our clients. Rather than maintaining their own datacenters, they utilize a co-location facility. The datacenter where their workloads were hosted was…
Jonas Mason, Principal Architect
My last blog on Non-Default Oracle parameters asked a question in order to prompt a conversation between technical management and DBAs. The blog prompted additional feedback from colleagues here at House of Brick that is worth mentioning,…
Andy Kerber (@dbakerber), Senior Consultant
In this post, we will provide the steps to setup a GoldenGate hub. In our hypothetical environment, we have a medium sized company, with two offices, one in Delaware and one in Washington. The HR…
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