Today was a very full day…
Real-World Database Performance Techniques and Methods
Real-World Database Performance Roundtable
I went to the primer session on Tuesday and both sessions today. I don’t think there was anything particularly new to me here, but listening to the experiences of a team like that helps you crystallize things in your mind. The three [...]
I think I’m in the minority when I say I was a little underwhelmed by the keynote yesterday. I’m sure there are many positive points about Oracle Exadata Storage and HP Oracle Database Machine, but it all seems a little irrelevant to me. I hear what Kevin Closson is saying and it sounds cool, but [...]
Despite feeling under the weather I managed to get in a pretty full day…
Oracle VM Scalability and Manageability with HP
Takehome messages:
Paravirtualization (PVM) works at near base hardware speed.
Hardware virtualization (HVM) is significantly slower than paravirtualization.
HVM can have up to 8 LUNs, while PVM can have up to 26 LUNs.
Oracle VM scales well. In the test [...]
I’ve decided to pull out of my unconference session. The main reason for this is I started to feel a little unwell last night. I got back to the hotel at 19:00, threw up and went straight to bed. I was hoping it was just because I was over-tired, but this morning I have a [...]
Due to other commitments, I only made it to 2 presentations today…
Executive Panel: Oracle and Open Source:
The session was a seeded question and answer session to highlight Oracles commitment to “Free” software downloads, Open Source and Open Standards. If you follow the subject areas, I guess you know the score. The standout points for me [...]
Update: I had to change the time slot…
I’ve signed up to do an Unconference session on Wednesday 10:00 in Overlook C. The session is called, “Virtualization: What is it and why should you care?”
It will be about 30 minutes presentation, then a discussion. It’s an overview session and not product-specific. Hopefully it will [...]
I’ve found out what the big announcement at Oracle OpenWorld is. They’ve built in support for the Wiimote!
Keep it under your hat…
Tim…
Today was the Oracle ACE Directors meeting from 10:00-16:00.
Database:
As far as the database was concerned, I was hoping we would get a sneak preview of the much hailed “Big Announcement” planned for Larry Ellison’s keynote speech on Wednesday. Unfortunately all attempts to draw something out of Mark Townsend resulted in phrases like, “Wait until Wednesday!”
This [...]
After watching my name bounce from 3rd, to 2nd, to 1st, then back to 2nd in the standby list I finally got on the plane. Talk about relief!
Well I’m in San Francisco at the Serrano hotel, just across from the Hilton. I smell of long haul plane, but I’m going straight out to register and [...]
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Posted 20 September 2008
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I was told about 23:00 last night I would be on a flight at 9:45 this morning. I’ve been standing in a queue for an hour to be told I’m not on the flight. I’m currently 2nd on the standby list for a flight that has been overbooked by about 50 people. I really don’t [...]