Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying “in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Well, Mr. Franklin obviously never knew about Java pricing and Oracle’s penchant for squeezing every drop of money from their customers that they possibly can. What changed Just when you thought it was safe to deploy Java SE on your subscription-licensed server, Oracle has changed the rules (again). As of today (January 23, 2023), Oracle has overhauled its Java
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
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
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO and Chief Evangelist Mars v. Oracle was dismissed at Mars’ initiative two years ago on December 16, 2015. What hasn’t changed
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
by Phil Ekins (@SQLPhilUK), Principal Architect Here at House of Brick, virtualization is near and dear to our hearts, we heavily utilize VMware Workstation to
by Jonas Mason, Principal Architect House of Brick Consultants assess Oracle instance performance for clients large and small and often find non-default parameters that are
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