The AUSOUG Perth conference finished a few hours ago. It’s a really good size event, about 400 people, which is big enough to feel busy, but small enough to feel personal. I met a bunch of familiar faces and many new ones.
The best speaker prize went to Connor McDonald. If you get the chance, check [...]
I didn’t really take many photos in San Francisco, but here’s two shots I thought were worth posting…
First the DeLorean. Why didn’t Larry pack the Database Machine into one of these?
From OpenWorld
Next, a photo taken on Friday morning, after the conference was over. Believe it ot not, this was the road with the big marquee. [...]
This is the 3rd OpenWorld I’ve attended and I think it was probably the most enjoyable for me so far.
The first year I was more than a little overwhelmed and intimidated by everything. The scale of the event is hard to imagine and being surrounded by people who are at the top of their game [...]
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…