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Tech Article: How to Build a Web-Based Storage Solution with Oracle Solaris 11.1
Have you ever wanted to build a cloud just to see if you can? Turns out it's not that difficult. Install Oracle Solaris 11.1 on your laptop via VirtualBox, set up a little ZFS storage, a little access control, and configure AjaXplorer so you and your friends can manage your files. Don't neglect to drop phrases like "Download that from the cloud I just built" into casual conversation.
posted Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:37:42 +0000
Have you ever wanted to build a cloud just to see if you can? Turns out it's not that difficult. Install Oracle Solaris 11.1 on your laptop via VirtualBox, set up a little ZFS storage, a little access control, and configure AjaXplorer so you and your friends can manage your files. Don't neglect to drop phrases like "Download that from the cloud I just built" into casual conversation.
posted Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:37:42 +0000
Video Interview: The Top Capabilities of ZFS Storage Appliance Explained
Nancy Hart describes her favorite capabilities about the ZFS Storage Appliance, and Jeff Wright explains how each of them works. They cover Hybrid Columnar Compression, Direct NFS (makes data transfer more efficient), Remote Direct Memory Access, Oracle Intelligent Storage Protocol (database aware of the storage and vice versa), DTrace Analytics to optimize deployments, and more.
posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:55:02 +0000
Nancy Hart describes her favorite capabilities about the ZFS Storage Appliance, and Jeff Wright explains how each of them works. They cover Hybrid Columnar Compression, Direct NFS (makes data transfer more efficient), Remote Direct Memory Access, Oracle Intelligent Storage Protocol (database aware of the storage and vice versa), DTrace Analytics to optimize deployments, and more.
posted Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:55:02 +0000
Blog: Is Tape Storage Still Harder to Manage Than Disk Storage?
Brian Zents describes some of the latest capabilities in Oracle Storagetek tape systems that make them an interesting alternative to disk drives.
posted Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:55:09 +0000
Brian Zents describes some of the latest capabilities in Oracle Storagetek tape systems that make them an interesting alternative to disk drives.
posted Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:55:09 +0000
Tech Article: How to Multiply the Capacity of Oracle Storage Systems
Hybrid columnar compression can effectively multiply your storage capacity by 10-15 times, increasing performance and reducing your hardware costs. It's available on Oracle's Pillar Axiom storage systems. Tom Luckenbach walks you through the steps to set it up.
posted Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:44:26 +0000
Hybrid columnar compression can effectively multiply your storage capacity by 10-15 times, increasing performance and reducing your hardware costs. It's available on Oracle's Pillar Axiom storage systems. Tom Luckenbach walks you through the steps to set it up.
posted Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:44:26 +0000
Blog: Do You Know Where Your Data Has Been?
Oracle T10000C Data Integrity Validation (DIV) uses hardware-assisted CRC checks to ensure that data, regardless of where it's coming from, is written correctly the first time and with much greater efficiency. Brian Zents explains.
posted Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:54:28 +0000
Oracle T10000C Data Integrity Validation (DIV) uses hardware-assisted CRC checks to ensure that data, regardless of where it's coming from, is written correctly the first time and with much greater efficiency. Brian Zents explains.
posted Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:54:28 +0000
Tech Article: How to Put Oracle Solaris Zones on Shared Storage for Easy Cloning
We liked this blog so much when Jeff Victor first posted it, that we turned it into a bonafide OTN tech article. You might recognize it. It's about ZOSS: zones on shared storage. Why? When you configure a zone on shared storage, you can quickly clone it on any server that uses that storage. Jeff explains how.
posted Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:03:39 +0000
We liked this blog so much when Jeff Victor first posted it, that we turned it into a bonafide OTN tech article. You might recognize it. It's about ZOSS: zones on shared storage. Why? When you configure a zone on shared storage, you can quickly clone it on any server that uses that storage. Jeff explains how.
posted Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:03:39 +0000
Blog: How to Treat an NFS File As a Block Storage Device
More about the dm-nfs kernel module, courtesy of Lenz Grimmer. If you want to work with block-based shared storage devices such as ocfs2, but you don't have iSCSI or SAN storage, you can use NFS, instead. Just create an NFS file that will contain the block-based shared storage device. In fact, you can create several shared storage devices that way. And use the "dm nfs" utility to create a device map. Lenz Grimmer expands on Wim's original blog.
posted Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:39:22 +0000
More about the dm-nfs kernel module, courtesy of Lenz Grimmer. If you want to work with block-based shared storage devices such as ocfs2, but you don't have iSCSI or SAN storage, you can use NFS, instead. Just create an NFS file that will contain the block-based shared storage device. In fact, you can create several shared storage devices that way. And use the "dm nfs" utility to create a device map. Lenz Grimmer expands on Wim's original blog.
posted Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:39:22 +0000
Blog: How to Create Block-Based Shared Storage with NFS File System
If you want to work with block-based shared storage devices such as ocfs2. But you don't have iSCSI or SAN storage. You can use NFS, instead. Yes, you can create an NFS file that will contain the block-based shared storage device. In fact, you can create several shared storage devices that way. And use the "dm nfs" utility to create a device map. Wim explains how.
posted Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:46:38 +0000
If you want to work with block-based shared storage devices such as ocfs2. But you don't have iSCSI or SAN storage. You can use NFS, instead. Yes, you can create an NFS file that will contain the block-based shared storage device. In fact, you can create several shared storage devices that way. And use the "dm nfs" utility to create a device map. Wim explains how.
posted Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:46:38 +0000
Blog: How and Why We Integreated ASMLib Into Oracle Linux, by Wim Coekaerts
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), developed in 2004, was a sophisticated volume manager of sorts for Oracle data. It was great, but difficult to administer. ASMlib is a small set of extensions designed to make device management easier. Wim explains how and why Oracle decided to integrate Oracle ASMLib into Oracle Linux.
posted Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:06:02 +0000
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), developed in 2004, was a sophisticated volume manager of sorts for Oracle data. It was great, but difficult to administer. ASMlib is a small set of extensions designed to make device management easier. Wim explains how and why Oracle decided to integrate Oracle ASMLib into Oracle Linux.
posted Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:06:02 +0000
Case Study: How We Improved SAN and NAS Performance with Oracle Database Hybrid Columnar Compression
A case study showing how Oracle reduced storage space requirements by 19 times while getting a six-fold increase in database query performance by using the Hybrid Columnar Compression capability of Oracle Database 11g Release 2. Explains how you can achieve similar results. By Art Licht.
posted Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:33:43 +0000
A case study showing how Oracle reduced storage space requirements by 19 times while getting a six-fold increase in database query performance by using the Hybrid Columnar Compression capability of Oracle Database 11g Release 2. Explains how you can achieve similar results. By Art Licht.
posted Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:33:43 +0000
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