Engineered Systems - New Developments and Success Stories

Thursday, April 25, 2013
BC Liquor Distribution Branch
3200 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC
5:00 - 8:00pm
Light Dinner Included

Learn directly from Oracle's experts about the new high-end SPARC technology and the next-generation Oracle Database Appliance. Gain insight into successful deployment from a real-world case study.

Please thank our meeting sponsors RCR Technologies and Oracle Corporation!

SPARC Servers - Extreme Performance for Mission-Critical Applications -Gary Combs

This presentation will highlight the newly announced mid-range SPARC T5 and high-end SPARC M5-32 servers. With greater scalability and performance than previous SPARC systems, the new servers outperform competitive IBM counterparts by factors of 7X for database and 12X for middleware. Learn how multiple data center services can be consolidated with greater density, and where the new SPARC technology fits within the Sun Oracle portfolio.

Gary Combs is a Principal Product Manager at Oracle Corporation, specializing in mid-range high-end SPARC servers including the popular M and T Series. Gary also covers virtualization technologies that are implemented on these platforms: Dynamic Domains, Logical Domains, and Solaris Zones. Gary has over 15 years experience as a systems engineer, and has held positions in product management, product definition, and technical marketing. Gary is co-author of the book, "Oracle Solaris 10 System Virtualization Essentials".

The New Oracle Database Appliance X3-2 -Baz Mistry

The new X3-2 Database Appliance makes data services simple, providing a complete, turnkey solution with 2x performance, 2x memory, up to 36TB of storage and the ability to virtualize. Learn how to revolutionize the way you deploy, manage, and support your database platform with extended capacity for on-demand licensing of all Oracle software.

Baz Mistry is with Oracle Corporation, and specializes in how to leverage and utilize IT as a strategic tool. He manages a team at Oracle's Headquarters office in Redwood Shores, who provide solutions to customers that enable them to accelerate growth and maximize return on their Oracle investments. Prior to Oracle, he was at Sun Microsystems where he owned Key Top Customer Initiatives and also managed SunTone, a Certification and Best Practices initiative.

Key Factors for a Successful ODA Deployment -Caleb Small

This presentation summarizes the key success factors derived from a real-world deployment of two pairs of ODAs in primary/standby database configurations. It includes best practices for planning, initial deployment, production database migration, RMAN backup, and DataGuard physical standby configuration. It also touches on operational topics including log rotation, alert log scanning and notification, and automatic DataGuard health checks and notifications.

Caleb is a senior consulting Oracle DBA with decades of experience in IT, and specifically with Oracle high availability installations since version 7.

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