Oracle Data Block Recovery Workshop
Block level corruption of an Oracle database is extremely rare. In the last 30 plus years I have needed to deal with this issue a handful of occasions and its resolution has become significantly easier since I started to use RMAN. Never the less it leaves you with a sinking feeling as it can mean data loss, embarrassment and most importantly the trust of those you work for and with. The circumstances leading to this exercise started while I was over seas working and started
Oracle Extreme Performance Systems
Over the last decade consolidation of computing resources has changed the cost model for system provisioning and architectural patterns have emerged for high performance database systems that disrupt all previous thinking. In 2003 I spoke at length with senior executives from Intel and asked a simple question, how long would we have to wait to see the traditional spinning disk be replaced by solid state replacements? On all occassions these questions went unanswered with ry
