Use SharePlex to replace Oracle Streams
Streams is Gone If you're a current Oracle Streams user looking to upgrade to Oracle 19c, you already know that as of this release, Oracle has removed Streams. So, there are choices to be made. You...
Patches, Upgrades and Migrations, Oh, My!
Patching, Upgrading or Migrating your Oracle Database can leave you feeling that you're in the midst of the same tornado that swept Dorothy into the Land of Oz; and you might run into some of the same...
A Better Way for HA/DR in Oracle 19c Standard Edition
In our previous post What Happened to High Availability in Oracle 19c Standard Edition?”, we talked about how the high availability option in Oracle Database Standard Edition (SE HA) isn’t all it’s cr...
What happened to high availability in Oracle 19c Standard Edition?
Learn what happened to high availability in Oracle 19c Standard Edition and why this may not be the best option.
HA/DR with Oracle Standard Edition? Get it all with SharePlex!
If you're currently using Oracle Database Standard Edition, or considering using it to reduce your Oracle spend; you probably know that your High Availability and Disaster Recovery options are limited...
Using Foglight to collect data from IoT Sensors with MQTT
The IoT, Internet of Things, has arrived. Sensors are everywhere, collecting more and more data about us and the world around us. Temperature, Humidity, Fluid Levels, Traffic counts, the status of d...
SharePlex for Oracle High Availability
In a previous blog, I discussed the differences between high availability and disaster recovery. Then, in my second post in this series, I looked at how SharePlex can help with disaster recovery. So, ...
SharePlex for Oracle Disaster Recovery
In my earlier post, I defined the differences between high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR). I noted that in designing for DR, you want to build your secondary system so it will survive a ...
High Availability vs Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?
Customers often ask, “What’s the difference between high availability and disaster recovery?” and “Can I use the same solution to achieve both?” This series of blogs will help users understand the def...
Moving your data to the cloud – Location Matters – Summary
Even since this series began less than 6 months ago, the "cloudscape" has changed dramatically. One of the biggest changes is the partnership between Oracle and Microsoft to establish high-speed conne...
Location Matters: Use SharePlex to move your data to the cloud
In my recent blog, Moving your data to the cloud: Location Matters, and whitepaper I highlighted some things to consider when moving existing databases to "the cloud". Let's take a closer look at so...
How Do You Solve a Problem with Maria(DB)? Or Cassandra Or Mongo or SQLServer?
Apologies to Rogers and Hammerstein; but the title fits. In addition to listening to the scores of old musicals, one of my hobbies is watching the weather. I have about 20 years of weather data in ...