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Projet : Modélisation d’un Data Warehouse

Contexte : Mon client travail dans le domaine des échanges de marchandises et ressources primaires et son métier repose sur l’utilisation de différents outils informatiques pour faire ses affaires. Dans le but de consolider ses données afin de pouvoir générer(…)

FreeBSD basics – 3 – Services

This is the third post in the series about getting started with FreeBSD. We’ve looked at the first steps here, and users and groups here. Today we’re looking at how FreeBSD handles(…)

FreeBSD basics – 2 – Users & Groups

In the last post, we’ve initially configured FreeBSD so that networking is up and running, additional packages can be installed, and the system was patched to the latest release. In this post we’ll look at how(…)

FreeBSD basics – 1 – The first steps

In case you follow the blogs here, you might have noticed that I got interested in FreeBSD over the last months (or even year(s)). The reasons for this are multiple: FreeBSD development is organized in very(…)

PostgreSQL: Maybe we should give ZFS a chance (3) – testing with an aligned record size

In the last post about PostgreSQL on ZFS the pgbench tests showed, that ZFS was slower for the standard tests compared to ext4 on Debian. A comment to that post made me wonder if changing the ZFS record size(…)

DPR and Dbvisit Standby on ODA

Introduction Since patch version 19.21 (current one is 19.25), Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) X7, X8 and X9 will require the use of Data Preserving Reprovisioning (DPR) to apply the patch coming from 19.20 and previous releases. Unlike traditional patching, DPR(…)

Export Data to Azure Storage with SSIS: Solving the ‘Unable to Create Azure Blob Container’ Error

1        Introduction Hello, Readers! While exporting data to Azure Blob Storage using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), I encountered the “Unable to create Azure container” error. This article will guide you through a straightforward solution, aiming to save you time(…)

Documentum – 23.4 doesn’t like IPv6 being disabled?

I often see customers with Virtual Machines or Containers that have IPv6 disabled. I assume this is mainly for simplicity, since most services are usually only running internally, and organizations don’t really need more IPs than what IPv4 can provide(…)

PostgreSQL: Maybe we should give ZFS a chance (2) – testing

In the last post we’ve set the baseline for comparing ext4 to zfs when it comes to PostgreSQL. We’ve ended with two PostgreSQL clusters, one running on the ext4 file system while the other is running(…)

New SQL Server Management Studio Version 21 – First Test

Last week, at the Pass Data Summit, they announce the new version of SQL Server Management Studio: SSMS 21 You can find the preview in here. It’s a good opportunity to test this new version before installing it by(…)