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Deploying Oracle RAC 11g R1 on RHEL 5 or SLES 10 With Oracle ASM on the IBM DS3400, DS4200, DS4700, and DS4800 Storage Subsystems

Oracle Real Application Clusters RAC is an option to the Enterprise Edition Oracle Database. Oracle RAC supports the deployment of a single database across a cluster of servers providing enhanced fault tolerance, performance, and scalability. Oracle RAC solutions are growing in importance for a wide range of customer implementations across...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Real Application Cluster, IBM Corp., Oracle RAC Solution, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-09-01

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Power Distributor Switches Server Infrastructure and Cuts Costs

Powerco is New Zealand's second largest electricity and gas distribution company, servicing approximately 410,000 consumers across the upper central and lower central North Island. Powerco had previously maintained both Oracle RAC and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 platforms, which meant the business incurred the expense of supporting, operating and maintaining two...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Powerco, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Case studies 2009-09-13

Why SQL Server May Be More Suitable for You: A Competitive Review of Oracle Real Application Clusters

This white paper examines the main reasons why customers might not want to implement Oracle Real Application Clusters RAC in their database solutions. This paper also describes common database scenarios where a Microsoft SQL Server may provide a better solution than Oracle RAC and explains some of the common myths...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-06-01

VERITAS Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0 From Symantec: Using CFS for Oracle Fast Failover

Symantec Cluster File System provides an efficient solution for fast failover of Oracle databases without incurring the cost and complexity of a Oracle RAC environment. It provides downtime SLAs within acceptable limits for most applications. The fundamental properties of CFS including access to shared file systems by applications running on...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Oracle Corp., VERITAS Software Corp., VERITAS Storage Foundation, Failover, Symantec Cluster File System

White papers 2009-05-01

How to end the Fail Whales? With Blue Whales.

Twitter's "Fail Whale" logo is cute, but solving the popular service's availability and scalability issues will be paramount if the web is to rely on it as a communications medium. So, I've been Twittering for a while. I was skeptical of the service...

Tags: Client-server, Scalability, Twitter, IBM Corp., Storage, Mainframes, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-10

IT failure contributes to UK bank collapse

IT failure contributes to UK bank collapseThat's the price for choosing windozeIf the bank went with the FOSS and Linux, today would have been profitable not bankrupt.WowI didn't even see one mention of Windows in the article. I bet Linux can save us all from the looming economic destruction and...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Java, information technology, Linux, F/OSS, J2EE, bank, Microsoft Windows, IT Failure

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

Oracle Real Application Clusters in Oracle VM Environments

Running today's non-critical business applications in virtualized environments has shown to be efficient and cost saving. More sophisticated or highly available applications on the other hand were most likely incompatible with commonly used software based virtualization solutions. The availability of Oracle VM overcomes this obstacle. Providing a software based virtualization...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Environment, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Blade Servers, Enterprise Software, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Servers, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-04-01

Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgrade

Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgradeAnecdotal evidenceThis is the Nth time you use this particular setup of the two 690s as a basis for comparison between AIX/Power and Solaris/Whatever. As stated in another post the problems with that system has nothing to do with AIX but with design.I can counter...

Tags: Blade servers, Databases, Enterprise software, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, PCI, P690, T5440, Oracle Real Application Cluster

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

Upgrading older systems

Upgrading older systemseBay "support"At FORD, we had many legacy machines in differing states of "decay". One was a NVH (Noice/Vehicle Harmonics) platform - which consisted of a specialty input card (ISA bus?) that connected hundreds of different sensors on a vehicle to check noise levels. A new card was pretty...

Tags: T5440, P550, Sun Microsystems Inc., P690, older system, Upgrading, Ford Motor Co., eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Minimizing after sales disasters

Minimizing after sales disasters2004/5The UNIX market may have been depressed for a number of reasons.The number 1 would be the rise of Linux then there is HP-UX being forced onto IA-64, the death of tru-64 etc....AIX sales were not too bad in that period so I think there was more...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Sales strategy, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, recession, sales

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

Performance and Scalability Benchmark: Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management on IBM Power System 570 Server, IBM System Storage DS8300, and AIX 6.1

IBM and Oracle have been working together for more than a decade to optimize Oracle Database on the IBM POWER architecture running the AIX operating system. Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle RAC 10g are well proven to take advantage of IBM's POWER6 architecture and high I/O...

Tags: Revenue, Billing, Oracle Corp., Performance, IBM AIX, Storage, IBM eServer, Scalability, Revenue Management, IBM Corp., Blade Servers, Databases, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Finance

White papers 2009-01-01

Deploying Oracle e-Business Suite 11i Database Within an HP Serviceguard Cluster

Over the years, there have been many requests for a straightforward High Availability HA solution for the database tier of the Oracle E-Business Suite implementation without the additional cost and complexity associated with deploying and managing an Oracle Real Application Cluster RAC solution. This paper describes a basic HP Serviceguard...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Oracle11i, Oracle E-Business Suite, Operational Accounting, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Finance, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-01-01

Title: EMC Enabled Oracle 10g Grid - The Details

The attendee of this webcast will learn all the details on EMC's Oracle Grid solution components including: 10g RAC, RMAN, ASM, Data Guard, Service Load Balancing and Grid Control. The attendee will find out how to leverage EMC and Oracle technologies and DB grid expertise to design, build, and manage...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Grid, Oracle Application Server 10g, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-07-22

Performance and Scalability Benchmark: Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 and M8000 Servers Running the Solaris 10 OS

Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management BRM on Sun SPARC Enterprise servers running Solaris 10 provides a high-performance, scalable, and secure solution for enterprises using Oracle 10g and Oracle 10g Real Application Cluster RAC. This highly scalable solution helps service providers accelerate the launch of new services; enable monetization of...

Tags: Revenue, Billing, Oracle Corp., Sun Solaris 10, Performance, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., Scalability, Sun Sparc, Revenue Management, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-01

HP/Oracle RAC in a Box - Using HP c-Class BladeSystem Servers and Storage Technologies to Simplify Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) Deployments

This white paper describes a new solution of HP hardware with Oracle Database SE including RAC which supports up to two nodes in a cluster with a maximum of four sockets in the cluster. This technology can help eliminate a lot of the cost and complexity of implementing a highly...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Storage, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-06-01

European Fashion Leader Significantly Reduces Customer Waiting Times With Dell | EMC and Oracle Solution

The Veldhoven Group is a multinational company which designs and markets three premium fashion labels: Sandwich, Stills and NO-NO. The company needed to upgrade its Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system, which uses an Oracle 10g RAC database. This involved replacing the existing server infrastructure so that it could provide users...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Leader, EMC Corp., Veldhoven Group, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Storage, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Case studies 2008-03-18

Pain-Free Remote Office Data Protection for Oracle on Windows and Linux Environments

Data protection for Oracle on Windows or Linux, especially for remote offices does not have to be expensive or painful. The presenter of this webcast examines how Symantec Backup Exec provides a cost-effective data protection solution that reduces IT overhead and extends media resources for Oracle and Oracle RAC environments...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Data Protection, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Office, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Linux, Smb/Sme, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Data Management, Software

Webcasts 2007-12-13

German Legal Search Engine Improves Availability and Performance With Standards-Based Dell Technology

Juris operates a search engine for legal information. The system was originally implemented on a mainframe, with little modification to the core infrastructure in 20 years. As a result, user needs could not be fulfilled. In addition, high leasing, software and services costs were incurred. Juris worked with Dell to...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Search Engine, Performance, Standards, Juris, Blade Servers, Search, Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2007-11-28

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC With EMC SRDF: A Disaster Recovery Solution

This whitepaper describes Symantec's Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC clustering and replication technologies. It examines EMC's SRDF data replication to disaster recovery sites and provides technical details on setting up a Disaster Recovery solution for Oracle Real Application Clusters RAC. This technical discussion only considers synchronous mode SRDF with...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Oracle Corp., VERITAS Software Corp., VERITAS Storage Foundation, EMC SRDF, EMC Corp., Oracle Real Application Cluster, Disaster Recovery, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Servers, Hardware, Software

White papers 2007-09-11

Deploying Oracle Database 10g R2 Standard Edition Real Application Clusters With Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.5 on Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault and Dell|EMC Storage

This white paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying a two node Oracle Database 10g R2 Real Application Clusters RAC on Dell PowerEdge servers with Oracle Enterprise Linux release 4 update 5 (OEL 4.5) on Dell PowerVault and Dell|EMC storage. Using the knowledge gained through joint development,...

Tags: Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerVault, Oracle Corp., Dell PowerEdge, Oracle Database, Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Servers, Storage Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Storage, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-07-01