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.

This article is part two of a six-part series by editors of IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly on 'The Changing Role of the Modern DBA'.

This article is part two of a six-part series by editors of IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly on 'The Changing Role of the Modern DBA'.

By Michael Messina, Senior Managing Consultant, and Sridhar Avantsa, Director, Oracle Infrastructure Services, Rolta AdvizeX, Cloud Managed Services If you are in any IT role, you are probably part of teams and/or initiatives that want to move your organization to the cloud in whole or in part. We were a member of a large team at Rolta-AdvizeX that…

This article is part one of a six-part series developed as a collaborative effort between the editors of IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly on 'The Changing Role of the Modern DBA'. 

This article is part one of a six-part series developed as a collaborative effort between the editors of IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly on 'The Changing Role of the Modern DBA'.