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Sun Cluster 3.2 Software: Making Oracle Database 10g R2 RAC Even More "Unbreakable"

This paper is aimed at datacenter architects and briefly outlines the reasons users might choose an Oracle RAC solution for its availability and scalability characteristics. This is followed by a discussion of the new features of Sun Cluster 3.2 pertinent to Oracle Database 10g RAC. The concluding section further describes...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Cluster, Oracle Database, Oracle Database 10g, Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-01-01

Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster 3.1 09/04 Software for High-Availability Applications

The goal of the cluster is to maintain near 100 percent uptime while ensuring data integrity. More than one highly available application can be run on a cluster at a time, either sharing resources with other applications, or running on separate nodes with their own resources. The Sun Cluster environment...

Tags: Software, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Cluster, Sun Cluster Environment, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2005-06-01

Sun Cluster: More Open, More Manageable, Still Rock Solid

You and your users need high availability. What you don't need are complex admin tools and restrictive system support. The latest Sun Cluster offers more choice, simpler controls, and it's still rock solid Sun.

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Cluster, Servers, Hardware

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Yes, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 will run on Linux

This solidifies my decisionI currently have a cluster of a dozen RHEL 5.3 Cluster Suite servers. They have been a nightmare to use, maintain, and keep working right. Red Hat's clustering software is horrendously buggy. I never have gotten virtualization to work properly with the whole mess.After...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Linux, UEC, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, kvm, cluster, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Scaring yourself and others

Hogwash!First of all, if you're paying for a static IP address, why did your ISP change it? Did the notify you prior to changing it? If not, they can get in deep trouble for that.Second, on today's hardware using virtualization causes little to no noticeable performance hit. ...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, Servers, VMware Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Teradata: Fending off rivals with focus on data warehousing

Data warehouse player Teradata has been increasingly mentioned by the likes of Oracle and HP so much so that you have to wonder what all the hubbub is about.  Teradata is a company that has come up frequently through my various case studies in a past life....

Tags: Data Warehouse, Teradata, Oracle Corp., Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System

The Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System supports NFS v3, NFS v4, iSCSI, and CIFS protocols and comes with a comprehensive set of data service features which provide unlimited snapshots, clones, and remote replication. Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle RAC, a clustered database infrastructure, offers highly scalable architecture and allows...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage System, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Oracle Clusterware, Cluster Ready Services, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-05-01

A question about Linux

A question about LinuxHP retortThe longest in-use SysV UNIX today is ... HP-UX. In order to understand it, one needs to be free of Solaris bigotry. HP-UX and Solaris have 2 separate strategies - both at the kernel level and at the "OS application" level.HP tries to run "everything" though...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, HP IgniteUX, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-04-25

Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;

Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;Bye, MySQL nt.RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;Its altogether different area and will not be very easy for Oracle to go thorugh entire integration process. I hope Oracle keeps its focus in what it does...

Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Now Let, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., hardware, Oracle-buys-Sun, hardware player, Java, MySQL, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

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

Guide to Deploying Carrier Grade Services Using Open Source Technologies

Open source technologies and commodity, carrier-grade hardware can combine to create a highly available, scalable, and responsive infrastructure to deploy next-generation communications services. This paper examines a solution stack based on integrating Sun GlassFish Communications Server, MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition database, the OpenSolaris operating system, Sun Netra ATCA Blades,...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Carrier, Storage, Open Source, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-04-01

Cisco's bong-sized "cloud"

Peeling the onion on the Cisco Unified Computing System UCS reveals a very small onion. The platform they're promoting is tiny by cloud infrastructure standards. Perfect for a dorm room - but not anywhere near close to what an enterprise hoping for economies of scale or management would want. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Storage, Servers, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-03-19

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

Everybody loves virtualization

Everybody loves virtualizationOne of my pet peevesVirtualization is useful for testing and development environments. It makes no sense whatsoever for production environments.UNIX has a very nice scheduler that is built to handle hundreds/thousands of processes at a time. It automatically doles out CPU and memory and I/O resources. It has...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Operating systems, UNIX, virtualization, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

iPod, iPhone, iNet?

iPod, iPhone, iNet?Ah, another of Murph's False Facts.You said "and since 4.0 was basically just a VMS port to Intel" Hmm, no, NT 4.0 was an evolution of the previous NT code basis. Yes, Cutler came from DEC, and NT has VMS influences, but there was no re-write from 3.5...

Tags: Digital music, Linux, Digital media, Blogging, Microsoft Windows NT, Operating systems, Apple Products, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Stryon iNET

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Can someone make my cell server, please?

Can someone make my cell server, please?BumpIgnoreTry this blokeDr. Gaurav KhannaHe might be able to helphttp://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2007/10/ps3_supercomputerWell.. there is the QS22..Well MurphyIf you want to build a supercomputer of cell processors you'd prob' want more than good single precision floating point performance, hence you'd want the version 2 of the CELL...

Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, Processors, blade, IBM Corp., Cell, Sony PlayStation 3

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

You, too, can be an accidental environmentalist

As you can imagine, those of who write about green issues receive a lot of pitches, many of which portray themselves as compelling stories of how some company or another has saved money by deciding to be green. The truth is that most of these businesses really weren't that focused...

Tags: Printing, Marketing Research, Document Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-14

2009 Nissan 370Z

Photo gallery:2009 Nissan 370ZNissan's Z car tradition goes back to 1969, when the company was called Datsun and the Z launched with a 240 designation. At the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, the latest Z came out as the 2009 Nissan 370Z, its new name reflecting a bigger engine and...

Tags: Nissan 370Z, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., car

Product reviews 2008-12-01

Which check to write? when open source means Jack

Which check to write? when open source means JackBut what if it actually costs less to use Windows?I don't know in reality. It seems like most of the analysts out there seem to think it just doesn't matter that much which OS you use - though I would say...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, open source, Microsoft Windows, OSS, WINDOWS BASED

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

A question about web server volume failures

A question about web server volume failuresWrite heavy loadI don't think you can compare a write-heavy do-not-call registry to a mostly static wordpress site.It wouldn't hard to mock-up a simple registry site and test it.The question you seem to be askig is.. how do i make my site scalable.Lets start...

Tags: Web servers, Firewalls, Storage, Web server, server, database, router, firewall, Web

Discussion threads 2008-10-07