SLOB Is Not An Unrealistic Platform Performance Measurement Tool – Part I. Let’s See If That Matters…To Anyone.

Database Management and Performance
| May 16, 2012 21:56 +0000

I just checked to find out that there has been 3,000 downloads of SLOB – The Silly Little Benchmark. People seem to be putting it to good use. That’s good.
Before I get very far in this post I’d like to take us back in time–back before the smas…

Quick Reference README File For SLOB – The Silly Little Oracle Benchmark

Database Management and Performance
| May 13, 2012 22:10 +0000

This is just a quick blog entry with the main README file from SLOB – The Silly Little Oracle Benchmark. I frequently findings myself referring folks to the README so I thought I’d make it convenient. I’ve also uploaded this in PDF form here.
 

Oracle’s Timeline, Copious Benchmarks And Internal Deployments Prove Exadata Is The Worlds First (Best?) OLTP Machine – Part II

Database Management and Performance
| May 10, 2012 21:41 +0000

There Is No Such Thing As “Pure OLTP”
There is no such thing as “pure OLTP.” How true! And that’s why you are supposed to buy Exadata for your Oracle OLTP/ERP deployment—at least that’s what I’ve heard.
Part I of this series on the topi…