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Clever Student

Backups and a Clever Student

March 26, 2013 Steve Karam News 6 comments

During my one year stint as a Sr. Instructor at Oracle University I got to meet with a lot of current and aspiring DBAs. While I’m most at home in front of a computer with thirty clients breathing down my neck, a fat mug of coffee and a pile of

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The Adventures of Ace DBA

Big Data (Ace Comic)

March 22, 2013 Steve Karam Big Data, Fun, News, Oracle 3 comments

For your weekend pleasure (and back after many years), a new Adventures of Ace, DBA comic! Don’t forget to check out Big Data #2 – Big Data Speaks!

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These Aren’t the Metrics You’re Looking For

March 21, 2013 Steve Karam News, Oracle 3 comments

Oracle is well known as a complex environment, and with good reason. Though they will object to that complexity at the sales level, they embrace it at the technical level. Let’s forget for a moment the pains this may have caused us in our careers and focus on an undeniable

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Oracle Storage Sunburst

Web Friendly Interactive Data Visualization with D3.js

March 14, 2013 Steve Karam Big Data, Development, News, Oracle 3 comments

I have been tinkering quite a bit with new database and development frameworks. Recently I decided to beef up my knowledge of data visualization as it’s a very hot topic and the ultimate way to make your data understood. R is an incredibly popular option which can be as simple

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Clone Maker

Cloning Your Oracle Installation

March 12, 2013 Steve Karam News, Oracle 2 comments

If there is one thing a DBA hates it is to waste time. Particularly on boring and tedious tasks. One such task is installing Oracle on a new system (or duplicating a home on an existing system) which generally involves X server setup (Xming for Windows, XQuartz on Mac, pure

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Vitruvian Man

Wearable Computing and Personal Data Collection

March 10, 2013 Steve Karam Big Data, News, Technology 5 comments

Wearable computing is all the rage right now and is poised to explode in the consumer market once a number of high-profile projects go into full production. The bulk of buzz surrounding the technology is focused on entertainment value and consumer usage. But how might wearable computing and data analysis

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Social Networking Icons

The Social Circle

March 8, 2013 Steve Karam News Leave a comment

Despite the popular idea of tech folks silently skulking in their cubicles with indie music streaming in through white earbuds, the fact is that most IT folks are a chatty and social bunch. More than likely you are in possession of at least a Facebook account and more than likely

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Oracle GoldenGate Architecture Diagram

Oracle GoldenGate in the Enterprise

March 7, 2013 Steve Karam News Leave a comment

GoldenGate – The Bridge to Everywhere Oracle GoldenGate has generated a lot of buzz in the Oracle community since the software was purchased by Oracle in 2009. It is marketed by Oracle as a niche application, but one that can be of use in nearly any Oracle environment. Additionally, Oracle

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SQLPlus With Color

Add History and Tab Completion to SQLPlus

March 6, 2013 Steve Karam News, Oracle 5 comments

In the uncharted backwaters of the Internet there exists a really awesome tool called rlwrap. This readline wrapper is able to call programs that are deficient in modern amenities like history, color, and tab completion, intercept input/output, and replace it as necessary with useful goodies. And what program could be

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Getting Busy with Riak

March 5, 2013 Steve Karam Big Data, Development, News, NoSQL One comment

Welcome back to Database Diversity, where the queries are made up and the relationships don’t matter. Today we’re going to talk about a simple yet insanely powerful NoSQL Database called Riak. While its core functionality is a key/value datastore, Riak is capable of so much more: full text querying, MapReduce,

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