One thing our team hears frequently from customers is a variation on “I have to upgrade so that my database will be supported.” This statement just drives me crazy and I will get into the details of why in this article. For the short version as long as you are paying Oracle for support your database is supported regardless of the version. First up, there are two terms surrounding support that need to be understood
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
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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
Shawn Meyers (@1dizzygoose), Principal Architect Recently while at a client site, I ran into a situation that stumped me for a bit and shows why
Jim Hannan (@jim_m_hannan), Principal Architect Back in 2014, I wrote a blog VMFS vs. RDM Part 1, and with the introduction of vSphere 6 and
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
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
Nick Walter, Principal Architect At House of Brick we’ve been closely following the latest news stories regarding the recently revealed Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, which
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
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
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