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Test-driving Reflex

At $work we have a need for a little job daemon that would poll jobs and process them. But there is more than one type of job, so the solution that we need will have to be a little more complex. To get to my goal, I decided that I would have a generic Poller class. For each type of job to monitor and run, I will create a different object with parameters to tell it how often to poll, how to poll and what to do with the stuff it poll. Sounds good? Perfect, then let’s go.

Log Buffer #272, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

It is evident and beyond doubt now that the new media technologies like Twitter and Facebook are not going to wipe-out the blogs, rather they are complimenting each other very nicely and it seems they were made for each other. This Log Buffer Edition enhances this match, and presents you Log Buffer #272.

Tools that Make your Work with Oracle VM Easier

After completing your Oracle VM and Oracle VM Manager installation (see my previous blog posts here) you are ready to start your friendship with Oracle VM technology. However to make your life and experience even more enjoyable I would suggest you to follow a few simple steps listed here.

Upgrade Exadata to 11.2.0.3

I’ve recently upgrade couple of exadata to 11.2.0.3 and want to share the experience. I hope this short note will help someone to make the decision, calculate estimation and prepare for maintenance. I am going to talk about upgrade from the version 11.2.0.2 BP10 to 11.2.0.3 BP2.

Oracle Database Appliance as a Consolidation Platform

I had a chance to talk to several Oracle Database Appliance users at the annual Collaborate 2012 conference last month in Las Vegas. And a common theme in this discussions, as well as discussions with Pythian clients, is an interest in using the ODA as a large-scale consolidation platform. I found this interesting and decided to dig a little further.

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