Jeff Klemme, Principal Architect Many times we come across scripts at client sites that load data from external files into the database. Too often we
Nick Walter, Principal Architect It seems to be universally true in IT that any tool that promises to simplify and improve our lives comes with
David Woodard, COO and Principal Architect In a prior post, I discussed some Unix tools that are available that can help the DBA with managing
Jim Hannan (@HoBHannan), Principal Architect At House of Brick we specialize in virtualizing Tier-1 workloads like Oracle and SQL Server. If you look back at
Joe Grant, Principal Architect For a recent project a client wanted to migrate their Oracle Application Server (OAS) environment to WebLogic (WLS). As a part
Tom Roehr, Senior Consultant Introduced in Oracle Database 11G, Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR) is a file-based repository that aids the DBA in identifying, diagnosing, and
Dave Welch, CTO and Chief Evangelist Over the last six months I have participated in several in depth interviews and email exchanges with Rob Mitchell
Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect Server side solid-state devices are gaining popularity. New to ESXi 5.5, VMware has introduced a feature that provides server side read
David Woodard | Originally appeared in March 2006 Bricks newsletter. Content has been updated where appropriate. In some companies, the Oracle DBA and the System Administrator are
Jim Hannan (@HoBHannan), Principal Architect In part 1 I covered SLOB (Silly Little Oracle Benchmark (SLOB version 1.x), in part 2, I will focus on the the setup
