Siebel 8.1.1.4 Benchmark on SPARC T4
Siebel is a multi-threaded native application that performs well on Oracle's T-series SPARC hardware. We have several versions of Siebel benchmarks published on previous generation T-series servers...
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[Tip] Samsung Galaxy S II: Turning off Camera Shutter Sound
It is one of the hot topics among Galaxy S II users. In web forums, some of the recurring solutions appear to be rooting the phone or muting the "system" sounds. They seem to work in some cases....
View ArticleOBIEE 11g Benchmark on SPARC T4
Just like the Siebel 8.1.x/SPARC T4 benchmark post, this one too was overdue for at least four months. In any case, I hope the Oracle BI customers already knew about the OBIEE 11g/SPARC T4 benchmark...
View ArticleSuperCluster Best Practices : Deploying Oracle 11g Database in Zones
To be clear, this post is about a white paper that's been out there for more than two months. Access it through the following url. Best Practices for Deploying Oracle Solaris Zones with Oracle...
View ArticleSiebel 8.1.1.4 Benchmark on SPARC T5
Hardly six months after announcing Siebel 8.1.1.4 benchmark results on Oracle SPARC T4 servers, we have a brand new set of Siebel 8.1.1.4 benchmark results on Oracle SPARC T5 servers. There are no...
View ArticleOracle Internet Directory 11g Benchmark on SPARC T5
SUMMARYSystem Under Test (SUT) Oracle's SPARC T5-2 serverSoftware Oracle Internet Directory 11gR1-PS6Target Load 50 million user entriesReference URL OID/T5 benchmark white paperOracle...
View ArticleSolaris Tips : Assembler, Format, File Descriptors, Ciphers & Mount Points
.roundedcorner { border:1px solid #a1a1a1; padding:10px 40px; border-radius:25px; } .boxshadow { padding:10px 40px; box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; } 1. Most Oracle software installers need...
View ArticleOracle Tips : Solaris lgroups, CT optimization, Data Pump, Recompilation of...
1. [Re]compiling all objects in a schemaexec DBMS_UTILITY.compile_schema(schema => 'SCHEMA');To recompile only the invalid objects in parallel:exec...
View Article[Oracle Database] Unreliable AWR reports on T5 & Redo logs on F40 PCIe Cards
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View ArticleMiscellaneous Tips: Solaris, Oracle Database, Java, FMW
[Solaris] Cleanup all IPC resourcesRun the following wrapper script with root user privileges.for i in `ipcs -a | awk '{ print $2 }'`do ipcrm -m $i 2> /dev/null ipcrm -q $i 2> /dev/null ipcrm -s...
View Article[Script] Breakdown of Oracle SGA into Solaris Locality Groups
.roundedcorner { border:1px solid #a1a1a1; padding:10px 40px; border-radius:25px; } Goal: for a given process, find out how the SGA was allocated in different locality groups on a system running...
View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #1
Music and Movies - the two powerful forms of entertainment, are very subjective. In general, there is no good or bad music, and there are no good or bad movies. Their success depends on a combination...
View ArticleThings to Consider when Planning the Redo logs for Oracle Database
Very basic and generic discussion from the performance point of view. Customers still have to do their due diligence in understanding redo logs, and how they work in Oracle database, before finalizing...
View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #2
The 80sThe quality of music steadily improved over the decades in mid-1900s, and eventually peaked in the 80s. Some may disagree, but in my opinion, the 80s were easily one of the best decades for...
View ArticleMeasuring Network Bandwidth Using iperf
.rndcorner { width:37%; border:1px solid #a1a1a1; padding:10px 40px; border-radius:25px; } iperf is a simple, open source tool to measure the network bandwidth. It can test TCP or UDP throughput. Tools...
View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #3
The 80s contd.,The 80s witnessed the rise of fine talent - so, it is only fitting to dedicate another complete playlist for the 80s. Here it is. Enjoy. Earlier playlists can be accessed from the...
View Article[Finance] US Treasury Bond Yields
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View ArticleSolaris Tips : Automounted NFS, ZFS metaslabs, utility to manage F40 cards,...
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View ArticleBlast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #4
More 80s. Enjoy.Previous playlists: Blast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #3(80s) Blast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #2(80s) Blast from the Past : The Weekend Playlist #1(50s, 60s...
View Article[Solaris] Changing hostname, Parallel Compression, pNFS, Upgrading SRUs and...
[1] Solaris 11+ : changing hostnameStarting with Solaris 11, a system's identify (nodename) is configured through the config/nodename service property of the svc:/system/identity:node SMF service....
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