Tag: DIY
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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.… Continued
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VoltDB – DIY In-Memory OLTP
Merv Adrian writes about VoltDB, who recently announced more about what they’re doing, in VoltDB – DIY OLTP. Open Source. Win. VoltDB runs completely in memory, scales on multiple nodes, but only supports a limited set of ANSI SQL. Any missing functions can be added through a fast Java API, hence DIY.… Continued
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Shock, vibe and awe
How to speed up your database by 50% to 250% with a single hardware upgrade: swap your rack! In Shock, vibe and awe, Robin Harris looks at the impact of disk vibration on performance, and the findings are incredible. Using a carbon fibre composite rack will reduce vibration a lot.… Continued