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Martin Klier

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Speaker at DOAG 2015 Datenbank – “Oracle Core für Einsteiger: InMemory Column Store”

The DOAG 2015 Database conference is on the horizon: June 16, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany. I’m proud to announce my participation as a speaker, as I was honoured with in the years before. This year, my part will be a new “Beginners” talk in German: “Oracle Core für Einsteiger: InMemory Column Store”   Abstract: ==================== Der Vortrag richtet […]

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DOAG Noon2Noon Event Nürnberg / MySQL vs. Oracle – Review

It was time to try something new in our DOAG Database Community. And please, please just not another frontal conference: twenty guys look forward, one looks back, like eight-oars-and-coxswain. I don’t know if DOAG invented it, but it was a success: The Noon2Noon Event. How does it work? It’s like 24 hours of BarCamp, starting with […]

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Oracle: Did my SQL get worse over time? (AWR query)

Sometimes, we get statements to look at, and are told “it’s getting worse and worse”. Since DBAs are well advised not to take anything for granted and only to believe what they see with own eyes, here comes a SQL on AWR to see Buffer Gets per Minute, over time. select s.BEGIN_INTERVAL_TIME, round(t.BUFFER_GETS_DELTA/ 0.0001+ (extract […]

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Martin Klier in DOAG.tv Interview: Oracle Standard Edition

A while ago, DOAG.tv interviewed me about Oracle’s Standard Edition and database system migrations. The material was published just recently, so I’d like to share it. Enjoy, and if there are questions, just let me know! http://www.doag.org/home/aktuelle-news/article/oracle-database-standard-edition-versus-enterprise-edition.html I have to add a corrigenda: SE RAC is not – at least not at the moment – limited […]

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DOAG 2014 Presentation and Whitepaper online: Database I/O

Hi, my #DOAG2014 presentation and whitepaper are online now! “Oracle Core für Einsteiger: Datenbank I/O” Presentation: http://www.performing-databases.com/uploads/media/OracleCoreDatabaseIO-Klier-2014.pdf Whitepaper: http://www.performing-databases.com/uploads/media/Klier-Database-IO.pdf Thank you all for attending! Regards Martin Klier […]

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Oracle 12c InMemory – don’t stop thinking about performance

Oracle has released its new database version 12.1.0.2 that includes the famous in-memory column store. InMemory option  promises a big advantage for OLAP-like work loads by keeping table contents in a columnar in-memory structure. InMemory is not new, they did that for decades, but the interesting part is “columnar”. There’s much writing about that on […]

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Oracle 12.1.0.2 with In Memory Option available for Linux

As of today, the Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 with InMemory Columnar Store is available at https://edelivery.oracle.com. According to the price list of July 10th, it will be sold as an option for Enterprise Edition (Exadata NOT mandatory), for US$ 23,000 per CPU (calculation like EE). Hope it will do well, beta demos were extremely impressive. Yours […]

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Oracle 11.2 PSU2 Grid Infrastructure stack start … failed to complete at crsconfig_lib.pm line 11814

Oh, sometimes it’s just (own or close-people’s) PEBKAC that costs you time and gray hair… Patching 11.2.0.4.x to PSU2 on Linux was such an issue. Problem “opatch auto” with all comfort worked well, applied the patch, but re-starting the clusterware failed with: Starting CRS… Installing Trace File Analyzer CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been […]

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Oracle on Linux: How to hide your password when using a wrapper script

Sometimes, a DBA has to write an externally called wrapper script for various Oracle-supplied commands accepting password inputs. A prominent and simple example is SQL*plus (sqlplus). The Problem The process list shows all parameters of a command that’s currently executed. wrapper1.sh Accepts all connection infos on the command line: #!/bin/bash cmdstring=”sqlplus ${1}/${2}@${3}” echo “Executed command: […]

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