Avastu Blog: Sustainable Global Clouds

These printscreens of Oracle's own enterprise linux 5 version says it all. Even OCFS is ready for it, that means they are ready to run their RAC on Xen. The question is: Are the customers also as enthusiastic about Oracle's own linux version with its own Xen flavor? Talk about "Vendor Lock-in"! Anyways, check'em out.

In the coming days/weeks, I will be making several copies of Oracle 11g RAC virtual appliances (Versions on Windows 2003 R2, Linux and Solaris). Obviously since I am not allowed to distribute the copies of the proprietary software, I will extend my help to all users and enthusiasts via our "Avastu Appliances Exchange Channel", which I will be launching soon. If you are wanting to deploy Oracle 10g RAC on VMware ESX server and need Avastu's professional experience, then please mail to support[at]avastu[dot]com and we will certainly deliver a perfect solution for you. Why would you be interested in Avastu Appliances? That's why! Avastu OK Appliances (fully tested and supported) 30 years of (combined) industry experience Honesty and Reliability Customized & Production Ready Deployment & Remote Management Collaboration with Industry Leaders In any case, keep watching TarryBlogging for the Oracle 11g RAC VA developments! Thanks! Tarry Singh

New features are here!

This is good news. They said the database would feature improvements in high availability, performance, scalability, manageability and what the vendor dubbed "diagnosability." In addition, the executives referred to new compression technology that could potentially reduce customers' storage demands by two-thirds and the ability for 11g to store unstructured data faster than traditional file systems. The new database is also expected to include a variety of partitioning capabilities Read further...