Running SQL Server on the Oracle Free tier
By Franck PachotThe Oracle Cloud is not only for Oracle Database. You can create a VM running Oracle Linux with full root access to it, even in the free tier: a free VM that will be always up, never...
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By Franck PachotThe Oracle Cloud is not only for Oracle Database. You can create a VM running Oracle Linux with full root access to it, even in the free tier: a free VM that will be always up, never...
View ArticleHow SQL Server MVCC compares to Oracle and PostgreSQL
By Franck Pachot. Microsoft SQL Server has implemented MVCC in 2005, which has been proven to be the best approach for transaction isolation (the I in ACID) in OLTP. But are you sure that writers do...
View ArticleHow SQL Server MVCC compares to Oracle and PostgreSQL
By Franck Pachot. Microsoft SQL Server has implemented MVCC in 2005, which has been proven to be the best approach for transaction isolation (the I in ACID) in OLTP. But are you sure that writers do...
View ArticleThe myth of NoSQL (vs. RDBMS) agility: adding attributes
By Franck Pachot. There are good reasons for NoSQL and semi-structured databases. And there are also many mistakes and myths. If people move from RDBMS to NoSQL because of wrong reasons, they will have...
View ArticleDBPod – le podcast Bases de Données
By Franck Pachot. J’essaie quelque chose de nouveau. Je publie beaucoup en anglais (blog, articles, présentations) mais cette fois quelque chose de 100% francophone. En sortant du confinement, on...
View ArticleSQL Server on Oracle Cloud
By Franck Pachot. You can create a VM with SQL Server running in the Oracle Cloud. This is easy with a few clicks on the marketplace:read more
View ArticleData virtualization on SQL Server with Redgate SQL Clone
By Franck Pachot. In the previous blog post I’ve installed SQL Server on the Oracle Cloud. My goal was actually to have a look at Redgate SQL Clone, a product that automates thin cloning. The SQL...
View ArticleAzure IO Performance for the RDBMS DBA- Part I
With my upcoming session on “Migrating Oracle Workloads to Azure IaaS” this week at PASS Virtual Summit 2020, I wanted to take some time to dig deeper onto the performance side. The last thing you want...
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