Understanding the ‘TRUE’ High Availability (HA) requirements for the systems is the most critical component in providing and configuring the desired HA for the application. Business and IT must have a common understanding regarding the cost associated with the expected HA. The associated cost and the ‘TRU…

This is a two-part session that will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Database shrinking can be overwhelming. Don’t let this feature intimidate you; let it become a powerful friend! This session describes why shrinking is needed and just how to go about using it. Being forewarned and forearmed will decrease…

This presentation is a high-level introduction to Oracle RAC. Many RAC beginner presentations are given by seasoned RAC experts and contain an overwhelming suite of technical discussions, covering a way too much information for the level of expertise of most attendees. This presentation is given by…

This is a two-part session that will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. MySQL is now a proud part of the Oracle Database Family and is used by over 70% of IOUG members. But do you know about 'storage engines' or how MySQL Cluster differs from RAC. This is a session to introduce seasoned Oracle…

Transportable Tablespaces (TTS) are one of the most versatile features in Oracle Database. Leaving the datafiles in place with TTS are one of the fastest methods of upgrading without an additional option license cost. Several case studies will be covered: Archiving partitions, storage migrations, TSPITR and s…

Enterprise Portals present sensitive information and processes, which makes it imperative that these Portals be completely secure. Oracle WebCenter Security Framework provides advanced Role-based Access Control without sacrificing the flexibility that your Portal users need. Come and attend this sessio…

Exadata is an engineered system that has a variety of expansion options. Learn about the methodology that was used to determine the expansion approach and the lessons learned with expantion of an Exadata system with the Exadata Storage Expansion.

This is a two-part session that will take place on Monday and Tuesday. The database landscape is evolving as new, scalable data stores emerge. Key value stores, large tabular stores, and document-oriented databases offer a compelling alternative to the traditional relational database. By removing joins and lo…

More and more companies are utilizing virtualization in their environments to lower costs and effectively utilize resources. Placing Oracle databases in virtualized environments is not just for development and testing anymore. The rise of virtualization is introducing new performance challenges to the Oracl…