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I finished testing 1000 select statements on our new Exadata X5 to see if they would run faster or slower than on our older Exadata V2.  Our current production V2 has 12 nodes and the new X5 has only 2. … Continue reading →

You can find the full length video of my Delphix talk that I did at OakTable World on Tuesday here: url Also, the OakTable folks have updated the OakTable World agenda page with video of all the talks. This has … Continue reading →

This morning was my last day of Oracle OpenWorld sessions and this afternoon and evening finished off my day with Delphix Sync. The first talk was my only NoSQL talk. It was interesting because the claim was that NoSQL was … Continue reading →

Well, it was a long day but it ended in a fun way. Today I was back to the normal OpenWorld sessions starting with the general session. It was eye-opening because the speakers described a new CPU chip that they … Continue reading →

Instead of going to the normal OpenWorld events today I went to OakTable World.  Now my brain is fried from information overload. 🙂 It started at 8 am with a nice talk about hash joins and Bloom filters.  Toon Koppelaars … Continue reading →

It was a good first full day at Oracle OpenWorld.  It started with the keynote led by Oracle’s CEO.  Of course he was very upbeat about Oracle’s products.  But, I found his comments about the economy and the way it … Continue reading →

I just finished reviewing my Delphix blog posts in preparation for the talks that I will give during OpenWorld. I find myself referring back to my blog to help me remember what I have done in the past. I was thinking that … Continue reading →

Here is a YouTube video of a short Toastmasters talk of mine about a DBA topic.  It was probably too technical for the audience but may interest the readers of this blog. Here was a post about a similar topic: https://www.bobbydurrettdba.com/2012/06/22/working-on-performance-toolkit/ … Continue reading →

It is official.  I will be doing my Delphix presentation at OakTable World during the Oracle OpenWorld conference at the end of this month.  My talk is at 9 am on Tuesday, October 27. I will describe our journey as … Continue reading →

The Arizona Oracle User Group has moved tomorrow’s meeting to Oracle’s offices on Camelback road: Meetup link with meeting details Bobby