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		<title>My SLOB IO testing index</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/33299/my-slob-io-testing-index/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 01:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yury Velikanov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Berger suggested to create this page to keep track of blog posts related SLOB IO testing. Here it is Martin ;) If you seriously interested to get a good understanding of yours IO subsystem performance characteristics then one of the tools that you may consider for putting your&#8217;s system IO on stress is SLOB. See Introducing SLOB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Experience Running SLOB – Don&#8217;t repeat my errors (AWR)</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/33267/my-first-experience-running-slob-%e2%80%93-dont-repeat-my-errors-awr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yury Velikanov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are wondering what I am busy with then this post explains it. As you may noticed I am still testing one of the Oracle systems using the SLOB framework and learning on my way. I ran several tests with the same parameters (Readers 24) and I noticed that for one reason or another awr.txt reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insider&#8217;s Guide to ODA Performance</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/33245/insiders-guide-to-oda-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pythian.com/news/33245/insiders-guide-to-oda-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gwen Shapira</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make: I hate webinars. I find it difficult to concentrate on a disembodies voice. I typically get distracted and find myself checking email and blogs even during the best webinars. Watching a webinar is a bit like watching DVD of a live show &#8211; not as fun as live show, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Log Buffer #272, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/33229/log-buffer-272-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pythian.com/news/33229/log-buffer-272-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fahd Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Oracle: It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tools that make your work with Oracle VM easier</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/33199/tools-that-make-your-work-with-oracle-vm-easier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pythian.com/news/33199/tools-that-make-your-work-with-oracle-vm-easier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yury Velikanov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 bellow. Configure Public Oracle YUM and install [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oracle VM Manager: OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/33041/oracle-vm-manager-ovmapi_6000e-internal-error-connection-refused-connection-refused/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yury Velikanov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just a quick post to share my first 3.1.1 Oracle VM Manager (OVMM) troubleshooting experience. After the initial installation I rebooted the server, tried to access OVMM https://ovmmhost:7002/ovm/console and received the following error in a browser screen: Unexpected error during login (com.oracle.ovm.mgr.api.exception.FailedOperationException: OVMAPI_6000E Internal Error: Connection refused Connection refused[[ &#60; date &#62; ), please consult logs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Installing Oracle VM Manager 3.1.1 under Dom0 host, or How to save resources on your sandbox</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/32965/installing-oracle-vm-manager-3-1-1-under-dom0-host-or-how-to-save-resources-on-your-sandbox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pythian.com/news/32965/installing-oracle-vm-manager-3-1-1-under-dom0-host-or-how-to-save-resources-on-your-sandbox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yury Velikanov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happens to be very short blog post as installation the Oracle VM Manager 3.1.1 under Dom0 host isn&#8217;t different from installing the previous version. For all tricks that you need to use please see my Oracle VM Manager 3.0.3 under Dom0 post. Just to make this post to look like a proper blog post :) I am sharing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upgrade Exadata to 11.2.0.3</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/31589/upgrade-exadata-to-11-2-0-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pythian.com/news/31589/upgrade-exadata-to-11-2-0-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gleb Otochkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During last couple of month I was seeing some discussion and question in&#160;different&#160;online conferences and user groups about upgrade RAC and exadata to 11.2.0.3. The questions were mostly about upgrade procedure, timing, what can happen during the upgrade and how a system behaves after upgrade. I&#8217;ve recently upgrade couple of exadata to 11.2.0.3 and want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oracle Database Appliance as a Consolidation Platform</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/32835/oracle-database-appliance-as-a-consolidation-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pythian.com/news/32835/oracle-database-appliance-as-a-consolidation-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fielding</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. ODA offers all the benefits of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Experience Running SLOB &#8211; Status Update 2 (first results)</title>
		<link>http://www.pythian.com/news/32907/my-first-experience-running-slob-status-update-2-first-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pythian.com/news/32907/my-first-experience-running-slob-status-update-2-first-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yury Velikanov</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oracle IO testing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think the results we got so far may surprise you. At lease those doesn&#8217;t seems to be the results +Alex Gorbachev and +Kevin Closson expected to see. You can find the first related blog post over here. It will give you the necessary context for further reading. Just to recap: +Kevin Closson says &#8220;Orion may [...]]]></description>
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