Amazon vs. Oracle Cloud: Virtual Machine Pricing This is the second of a 4-post series comparing Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs. Oracle Cloud.  In this post, we look at the prices for virtual machines at each vendor. Calculating Cloud Pricing: No Easy Fete Calculating how much Amazon cloud services cost is so difficult that one person even wrote a […]
This is the third of a 4-post series comparing Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs. Oracle Cloud.  In this post, we compare the interfaces of each vendor. To write this review, we gave both Oracle and Amazon a trial run by signing up for accounts on both sites. Amazon has a graphical interface, as does Oracle.  And both provide API […]
Cloud computing is a commonly used term, especially in the tech world. Many Internet users regularly use cloud-computing services without knowing. Simply put, cloud computing is a technology that allows remote access to shared computing resources like servers, storage, and applications. This is made possible without interacting with the service provider. Through cloud computing you […]
Amazon Web Services vs. Oracle Cloud This is the first of a 4-part blog series on AWS vs. Oracle Cloud. In this 4-post series, we will provide a side-by-side comparison of Oracle and Amazon’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing offerings. We only look at their public infrastructure cloud solutions. Our comparison examines important metrics such as the services offered […]
In working with SQL Server, you may have encountered errors related to unresolved deadlock and scheduler deadlock. Many people blend these errors together, but they are actually separate issues. In this post, we provide a high-level explanation of both types of deadlock errors. Unresolved Deadlock In general, an unresolved deadlock is a SQL Server product […]
A great database appliance can be critical for the optimum functioning of your company. After all, databases provide storage for large volumes of data, and data is highly important for many companies. Three of the best database appliances on the market are the Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) X6-S, X6-2M, and X5-2 High Availability (HA). Â In […]
Trends may come and go, but many new concepts in database management have staying power, as well as the ability to greatly impact the organizations that integrate them. Every organization wants to stay updated with the latest trends in database management as well as how to best take advantage of them to benefit their business. Database Management […]
Oracle was a late entrant to the cloud business, launching that just in 2015. Larry Ellison and Mark Hurd were reluctant as they saw the cloud as something that could cut into their revenue stream for traditional software licenses. But now they, like the vast majority of the industry, have embraced the cloud model. Here, […]
Let’s face it, Oracle’s licensing policies around its various software product suites are not known for being straightforward.  Between core factors, VM restrictions, version upgrade limitations, and user minimums, it can be difficult to tell whether or not your organization is compliant with Oracle’s database licensing requirements. Oracle’s complex licensing policies, along with the fact […]
RMAN cross-platform database transport is ability to migrate the entire database from one operating system platform to another, so long as the two endian formats are the same. Â In this post, we provide a step-by-step guide for using RMAN to perform cross-platform Oracle database migration from Windows to Linux. When converting the database from one […]