This article is parts four, five, and six of a six-part series: "The Changing Role of the Modern DBA," developed as a collaborative effort between IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly.

This article is parts four, five, and six of a six-part series: "The Changing Role of the Modern DBA," developed as a collaborative effort between IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly.

There have been studies done by various researchers and companies on the causes of data loss. Generally, these lists include hardware failure, human error, software corruption, and computer viruses. The intention of this article is to provide you a guide and thoughts on many situations you might encounter. Since everything depends on your unique system and circumstance, this is just a springboard for you to investigate your own system and solutions.

This article is part three of a six-part series: “The Changing Role of the Modern DBA,” developed as a collaborative effort between IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly.

This article is part three of a six-part series: “The Changing Role of the Modern DBA,” developed as a collaborative effort between IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly.

In part two of this three-part series, learn about sharding in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 - the architecture and components, deployment, and management of the sharding configuration.

In the first article in this series, we reviewed in depth the architecture of Oracle Sharding and the various technical components. This article purely focuses on prerequisites and the initial deployment steps.
Next, we are going to configure the catalog database. After that, we will deploy two shards in the primary site and two shards in the standby site using the Active Data Guard option.

In part two of this three-part series, learn about sharding in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 - the architecture and components, deployment, and management of the sharding configuration.

In the first article in this series, we reviewed in depth the architecture of Oracle Sharding and the various technical components. This article purely focuses on prerequisites and the initial deployment steps.
Next, we are going to configure the catalog database. After that, we will deploy two shards in the primary site and two shards in the standby site using the Active Data Guard option.