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Remember I said that I’d requested a copy of the Oracle Press ASM book for review? Well I don’t know what I was thinking, because the “Oracle Database 11g DBA Handbook” turned up instead the other week. I distinctly recall the ASM book being one of the ones I was interested in, but then I… Continue reading Book Reviews Again

There have been a couple of very interesting blog postings over the past few weeks from Daniel Fink and Alex Gorbachev, prompted by a panel discussion at last week’s RMOUG conference. Well, I suspect the panel was prompted by an earlier blog posting and many late night conversations. I’ve just noticed that it looks like… Continue reading “How useful are diagnostic/optimization tools?” – Another View

Oh, come on, I don’t get many 😉 http://carymillsap.blogspot.com/ As it happens, I do have a couple of blog posts up my sleeve, but the course comes first at the moment.

As promised earlier, here’s a blog post about some of the thinking behind the course I’ll be teaching in Prague on 14th/15th April (assuming enough people are interested in attending). Why I decided to do itSeveral factors appealed to me when Oracle first asked whether I’d be interested :- 1) It’s about two and a… Continue reading Advert – Oracle 10g Performance Analysis

I’m pleased to see a few posts debating the (non)-application of quarterly Critical Patch Updates. Here are a few examples … Is Poor Security Hygiene Rampant?Do DBAs care about Oracle’s latest Critical Patch Update?Survey finds that 66% of Oracle users never install critical patches All of which seem to have been kicked off by Pete… Continue reading CPUs again …

That number in the title is not a joke or an attempt to drag out the pain. However, OraNA has been flooded with ‘8’ posts this week, so I thought it worthwhile to post a quick list of some really nice technical posts I’ve noticed over the last couple of weeks. I was just waiting… Continue reading 8 Useful Technical Posts …

… you’ll probably won’t be surprised to hear. However, I’m enjoying reading the Tag blogs that are floating around the Oracle blogosphere, not least because I think the things I’m learning about others are as important, if not more important, than their technical credentials. As long as I don’t have to pass on some pointless… Continue reading I *hate* chain letters …

I remember I said I wouldn’t do this any more, but last October, someone from Oracle Press contacted me by email because they’d noticed the following words on my website. “However, those aspects are well dealt with in Oracle Wait Interface: A Practical Guide to Performance Diagnostics and Tuning by multiple authors. I usually don’t… Continue reading Book Review – Oracle 11g New Features