Managing complex Oracle database environments often presents many challenges to the database administrators in the area of database performance, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, data growth, and development and testing. This session introduces common technologies offered by many disk storage subsystems. It examines how DBAs can combine Oracle features such as Automatic Storage Management and RMAN, with various storage technologies to create solutions that can benefit the management and administration of Oracle databases. Examples of the storage technologies to be discussed in the session include automated storage tiering, storage virtualization, snapshot, replication, and thin provisioned capacity management.
Combining Oracle database features with storage technologies to solve DBA challenges
