The below information has been taken from SSWUG.org. Oracle Drops the Bomb Since the purchase of Sun and it’s holdings by Oracle corporation there has been much speculation regarding the leverage Oracle now owns in the Server and RDBMS worlds. An March 23rd Oracle has begun flexing that muscle, announcing it will no longer continue to develop products for the...

First Things First At UKOUGs’ Back to Basics Special Event held in London today (Mar 24th), Niall Litchfield presented a very worthwhile session on “Getting the Basics Right”. Now I’ve been more of a SQL Server DBA in recent years than I have an Oracle one, so this session was a welcomed reminder of the simple things to look for in ensuring...

Should we as DBAs be worried that we will become surplus to requirements  if Oracle continues to enhance its capabilities to deliver a self-managing database ?

What is it / how does it work ? Good / bad experiences of using RAC ???