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November 27, 2017 27 Nov'17
Veeam enterprise customers gain enhanced physical protection

Veeam's push for additional and deeper enterprise bookings gets a bump with AIX and Solaris protection. The support is based on Cristie Software technology.
September 19, 2017 19 Sep'17
The 'Sun' starts to set for Oracle Solaris customers

After a round of layoffs to its Solaris division, it appears Oracle is phasing out its hardware portfolio and continuing to focus on the cloud.
August 10, 2015 10 Aug'15
Oracle to support Docker in next Solaris Zones release

The upcoming release of Oracle Solaris Zones will support Docker's Linux-based, open source application container technology to aid app distribution.
February 10, 2015 10 Feb'15
A guide to the changes in Oracle Exadata X5

The Exadata X5 release has more updates to it than any previous release. This guide provides summaries of the changes Oracle has made for Exadata X5.

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This crash course will bring you up to speed on Oracle DBMS basics for versions 8.x through 9.x, and provide you with an overview of Oracle10g's new tools and features. Continue Reading

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As new systems launch, let's look at the SPARC M7 processor

Oracle has begun to roll out products based on the SPARC M7 chip. Will they live up to the company's hype? Expert Robert Sheldon offers an overview of the processor. Continue Reading
Oracle Sparc SuperCluster has features of Exadata and Exalogic

Oracle’s new Sparc server has up to 16 of the new eight-core Sparc T4 chips, but analysts wonder whether it will be enough to keep the Sparc install base interested. Continue Reading
How to configure Oracle DB_BLOCK_SIZE and Solaris operating system block size

Read this expert explanation of DB_BLOCK_SIZE vs. operating system block size configuration in an Oracle 10g database operating on Solaris 10. Continue Reading

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The future of SPARC/Solaris is cloudy -- in multiple ways

Cutbacks by Oracle have put the future of SPARC and Solaris in doubt, but the vendor says it's still committed to the technologies as part of its enterprise cloud strategy. Continue Reading
Solaris 11.2 proves to be a cloud-worthy Oracle OS

Oracle's Solaris 11.2 includes cloud-ready features such as a complete OpenStack distribution, kernel zones, Unified Archives and Elastic Virtual Switch. Continue Reading
How to migrate 1.5 TB Oracle database from Solaris to AIX

We have a huge database (1.5 TB) on Solaris (Oracle 10g) and we want to migrate it to AIX -- is expdp the best solution? Continue Reading

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How to import/export Oracle dump file from Windows to Solaris

Can you give me the command prompt to import and export a dump file from Windows 2003 to Sun Solaris? Continue Reading
Migrating from Linux/Solaris to Windows and vice versa

I need to migrate from Oracle on Linux or Sun Solaris to Oracle on Windows 2000 and the other way around. What are the issues with the migration? Continue Reading
Migrating from Solaris to Linux

We need to migrate our Oracle 9.2 database from Sun Solaris to Red Hat Linux. Our datafiles are stored on EMC's SAN. Do we have to use export and import even though we use a centralized storage? Continue Reading