Have you ever waited on a parallelized statement? Parallel execution is said to be fast, efficient, system-exhausting. Far from that! There’s a 10.2.0.4 x86_64 system with 16 cores and over 600MB/s write-IO ability, one statement running, one CPU burning, one developer waiting. For days. Finally, at the end of the week, the admin is involved. […]
Month: September 2008
“16 penguins in a row” and a Linux kernel compilation contest (2min 33sec)
A nice view: What’s the story behind? […]
Nerd compliments.
If anybody ever considers joining irc.freenode.net #oracle (what I’d recommend for all Oracle interested folks), be prepared for being treated like that: <nayyares> it worked !!! <usn> wait some time, it might crash, or restart all cluster services to see if there is a boot bug <nayyares> ok, i am monitoring usn <Rudemeister> Im also […]
Sun ZFS – cool stuff
Basically, I don’t like mirroring google. But this one is really cool stuff, and, by the way, it’s merely linking google. ZFS-Video by Systemhelden Yeah, I really like it! But the video has a weak point: After randomizing the devices this way, you can’t simply pull the plug of one USB hub any more. Anyway, […]