Webinars
Oracle RAC Workload Management with Alex Gorbachev, Spring 2009 (Quicktime, 26.8 Mb)
Are you considering running Oracle RAC (or are already doing so)? Do you want to learn how Oracle database handles workload balancing in different scenarios and which features should be used in what case?
In this webinar, Pythian’s Alex Gorbachev explains how to choose the right approach for your applications and also discusses the limitations you could face.
This webinar is aimed at Database Managers and IT Architects who are planning to move their applications to RAC or who have already done so and are looking to improve their efficiency. General understanding of RAC technology is helpful.
Oracle RAC — Why VIPs? with Alex Gorbachev
One of the topics that beginner RAC DBA’s (along with Network Engineers supporting Oracle database infrastructure) are confused about is the Virtual IP usage in Oracle RAC starting from Oracle Clusterware 10g.
With this videocast, Pythian's Alex Gorbachev will try to clarify those concerns once and for all.
Partitioning in MySQL 5.1 by Sheeri K. Cabral
Sheeri Cabral presented a session on the new partitioning feature in MySQL 5.1 at the January 2009 Boston User Group. In it she defines partitions, how partitioning makes queries faster, the different types of partitioning and when to use each type, and the restrictions and limitations of partitioning.
