When applying an ODA patch, you use a dedicated patch bundle which include the patches for all the different component ranging from the disk firmware and the OS to the database software itself. These patch bundles are then installed using oakcli (or odacli, depending on your ODA version). Given this patch methodology and given that…
Nowadays, we’re used to the big X for the exadata’s. This stands for the x86 infrastructure they are running on. So in Exadata SL6-2, SL indicates “Sparc Linux”. You should follow the Oracle guys on twitter as well, you will see this product (Linux for sparc) is growing very rapidly. One of the questions which immediately pop…
A new generation of the Oracle Database Appliance, based on the latest servers, will be available in various configurations. Moreover, for the first time it will be possible to run DB Standard Edition 2 on the appliance, resulting in lower license cost. This integrated server and storage solution now becomes a great product for both…