Author: Markus Perdrizat
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Netezza with Oracle Compatibility
Hooray, Netezza licensed Oracle database compatibility technology from EnterpriseDB. Should give them a boost in the warehouse migration front. And shows that selling its Oracle compat layer has become quite a business on its own for EnterpriseDB, who already sold it to IBM for DB2 as well. The Netezza Migrator product allows organizations to make…
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OEM 11g Rollout Best Practices
The Oracle Enterprise Manager blog has some Tips for rolling out a new EM11g site. Only for those who deal with OEM infrastructures, but very good stuff for those who do need it.
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer
Check out the SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer if you’re using SQL Server 2008. Looks to be a handy tool that just came out over the weekend. Gathers information about a Server and a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 instance installed on that Server Determines if the configurations are set according…
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Greenplum Database Single-Node Edition
Let’s have a look at Greenplum Database Single-Node Edition. This new, free version of Greenplum Database gives data analysts access to Greenplum’s high-performance database for large-scale analytical projects outside the enterprise data warehouse (EDW). The Single-Node Edition is a state-of-the-art parallel analytic database It’s free for up to 2 CPU sockets (unlimited cores), and supposedly…
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Sybase IQ 15.2 New Features
Phil Bowermaster is presenting the new features of Sybase 15.2 in Smarter Answers Now with Sybase IQ 15.2. Most prominent features are Text Search and Analysis, Query Federation and Web-Enabled Analytics, while the also mentioned Real-Time Loading really is a feature of Replication Server 15.5, and is also available when used against earlier versions of…
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Oracle Exadata: A Data Management Tipping Point
Oracle commissioned Merv Adrian to write about Exadata. Here’s his blog and the report: Oracle Exadata: A Data Management Tipping Point. Early customer results indicate that Oracle Exadata V2 is delivering on the promise of those new capabilities. The action item for IT, then, is to target corporate applications with the biggest potential for speed-based…
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RainStor 4 addresses Big Data
RainStor (formerly known as Clearpace) released version 4 of its Data Archival product, announcing it as RainStor 4 Addresses ‘Big Data’ Retention and Retrieval for Compliance and Data Governance across Industry Sectors. We looked at Clearpace 2.5 years back and they didn’t fare too bad, compared to the competition. Interest may rise again, as our…
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Teradata addressing multi-temperature issues
Following up on yesterday’s conversation about SSD vs. RAM speeds, I was able to dig out an interesting post on how Teradata’s CTO Todd Walter sees new developments in the storage space revolutionize the DWH space: Teradata Terrorizes the Data Warehouse. The interesting twist is that Teradata will transparently rebalance hot and cold data over…
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DIY Exadata Performance
Go vote for Kevin Closson‘s Oracle Open World session proposal Do-It-Yourself Exadata-level Performance? on Oracle Mix. On a related note, this is exactly what we’re doing in our lab, throwing together the best of all technologies, and testing how it stands up against Exadata. Currently this includes a brand new IBM X5 server and a…
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Bigger, Better, Faster with Sybase 15.5 IMDB
Peter Dobler is explaining the new In Memory DB Sybase started shipping with ASE 15.5 in Sybase ASE 15.5 — The Need for Speed. Recommended reading even for non-Sybase folks, with more articles even in Peter’s Database Technology Trends blog. Found it via Rob’s Sybase Blog.
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