Managing Server Sprawl With AWS Management Console Alerts

This blog focuses on database monitoring and management using the AWS CloudWatch service. CloudWatch ingests performance data from a wide range of AWS resources, applications and services, sends alerts when needed, and keeps a 15-day historical record of performance information.

How to Resolve Oracle Database Licensing Issues with Processor Cores in Virtualized Environments

This post focuses on Oracle database licensing by processor core, and explains a common mistakes administrators make when setting up a virtualized Oracle environment.

Oracle RAC is Now Supported on VMware

In a recent change to its long-standing policy, Oracle Corp. will now support its customers running Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) software on VMware platforms in certain circumstances. This positive move for customers was announced in a document titled “Support Position for Oracle Products Running on VMware Virtualized Environments,” which Oracle posted on its support […]