This edition of SELECT Journal is all about surviving change — a never-ending march to the next piece of hardware, operating system and software to keep it current and supported. Alex Gorbachev’s “Oracle Database Appliance” article is one example of a consolidated hardware and software solution from Oracle that helps to mitigate issues that are…

Carol provides advice on direct upgrades to Oracle Database 11gR2 using either the Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) or the manual upgrade (catupgrd.sql or command line script). She provides numerous best practices, most of which involve upgrade preparation.

Gwen discusses what big data is, how it is used specifically inside an Oracle Big Data Appliance and how you can use it effectively.

Gwen discusses what big data is, how it is used specifically inside an Oracle Big Data Appliance and how you can use it effectively.

Gwen discusses what big data is, how it is used specifically inside an Oracle Big Data Appliance and how you can use it effectively.

Kai provides an extensive architectural review of Oracle VM plus RAC as a tandem technology that enables server partition and consolidation for improving resource utilization while achieving greater flexibility and high availability.

Mich covers the read-intensive activities as a use case of solid state disks on magnetic disk drives. Write-intensive activities will be covered in the second article in a future edition.

Mich covers the read-intensive activities as a use case of solid state disks on magnetic disk drives. Write-intensive activities will be covered in the second article in a future edition.

Alex discusses how the innovation of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) lies in its architectural simplicity, its cost-effectiveness and its reliability as an all-in-one database platform.

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