Linux
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Collecting and analysing Exadata cell metrics
Recently I have been asked to write a paper about Exadata Flash Cache and its impact…
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Compiling RLWRAP for Oracle Linux 6.1 x86-64
RLWrap is a great too to enhance the user experience with SQL*Plus by allowing it to…
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Essential tools for Exadata performance experiments
Like I said in a previous post I have started working in the Exadata performance field,…
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Why is my Exadata smart scan not offloading?
After receiving the excellent “Expert Oracle Exadata” book I decided to spend some time looking into…
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Pimp my collectl-advanced system monitoring using collect-utils part I
I have recently written about collectl, a truly superb troubleshooting utility, in a previous post. After…
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A day at Cisco’s labs and an introduction to the UCS
I recently had the immense pleasure of visiting Cisco’s labs at Bedfont Lakes for a day…
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An introduction to collectl
Some of you may have seen on twitter that I was working on understanding collectl. So…
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Using Connection Manager to protect a database
I have known about Oracle’s connection manager (CMAN) for quite a while but never managed to…
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Open VPN for the Road Warrior
UPDATE I have updated the post on 05-DEC-2013 to be relevant for openvpn-2.2.2-9.5.1.x86_64 on OpenSuSE 12.3.…
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Tuning Log and Trace levels for Clusterware 11.2
With the introduction of Clusterware 11.2 a great number of command line tools have either been…