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A comparison of Java Virtual Machines: Hotspot JVM vs JRockit JVM

You might know that there are many JVMs available today, but do you know the difference between them? In this blog I will not state all JVMs as it will take too much time 🙂 But I will talk about(…)

SQL Server 2014: AlwaysOn-Verfügbarkeitsgruppen – jetzt mit Microsoft Cloud!

SQL Server 2014 bietet jetzt (oder bald :roll:) die Möglichkeit der Integration von AlwaysOn-Verfügbarkeitsgruppen mittels virtueller Maschinen, gehostet in der Windows-Azure-Infrastruktur (IaaS). Sie können sekundäre Datenbanken direkt in der Cloud vorhalten, wie das Beispiel zeigt:(…)

Oracle Database 12c: Moving a datafile is now possible online

Gone are the days where you had to put a tablespace or your complete database offline in order to move or rename a datafile. Oracle 12c features a new command that allows to move datafiles when both database and(…)

High availability and disaster recovery on Windows Azure VMs

To be honest, I am not a specialist of Windows Azure. In order to learn a little bit more about this subject, I decided to follow a TechEd Europe 2013 session about High Availability and Desaster Recovery on Windows(…)

Oracle Database 12c: Flashback Data Archive (FDA) – new features

Oracle Database 12c was published in June and among the new features of this release are multiple improvements of the Flashback Data Archive (FDA), an option also known as Oracle Total Recall. In this post, I will present the(…)

Oracle Database 12c: Oracle OEM express

Together with Oracle Database 12c, Oracle has introduced a new administration console named Oracle Enterprise Manager Express (Oracle OEM Express). This “light” version of Enterprise Manager Database Console – which is not supported in Oracle 12c anymore – is a(…)

SQL Server 2014 CTP1 is available

Last week, I gave you some news about SQL Server 2014 (here). SQL Server 2014 Community Technology Preview 1 (CTP1) now is available for download on TechNet here (you need a TechNet subscription).  (…)

Discovering Oracle database 12c targets (CDB, PDB) in Cloud Control 12c

In my consultant’s activity at dbi services, I had the opportunity to test the new databasion version Oracle 12c. As an Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c fan, when the 12.1.0.3.0 Oracle database plugin was made available, I decided to(…)

Microsoft TechEd Madrid: Windows Server 2012 R2, High Availability, SQL Server Data Tools

Let’s talk about my third day at TechEd 2013. I started with a session about: Windows Server 2012 R2 and High Availability The goal of High Availability is to deal with possible points of failure in your infrastructure.

Oracle 12c: Pluggable databases not that isolated

As you probably know, the multitenant databases is the new feature of Oracle 12c to solve the dilema of applications segregation. Thanks to a multitenant container database, it allows to manage many databases as one taking advantage of resources(…)