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A Better RAID Strategy for High Capacity Drives in Mainframe Storage
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper demonstrates that RAID 6 is less capable to prevent data loss with today's large capacity SATA and SAS HDDs. It will also share Oracle's designs to mitigate this risk. The integrity of customers' data is in jeopardy if these large capacity SATA/SAS HDDs are simply packaged into a RAID 6 group without additional mitigation.
Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Database Optimization for MSC SimManager using Oracle's Sun Flash
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper will provide best practice configuration guidelines for using latest storage and server technology (Oracle's Sun FlashFire technology storage devices along with Oracle's Sun servers) to optimize such simulation management solutions.
Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

Higher Security, Greater Access with Oracle Desktop Virtualization
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to gather an overview of Oracle’s strategy for desktop virtualization. In addition, the paper outlines the capabilities and benefits of Oracle’s desktop virtualization solutions and provides an overview of Oracle desktop virtualization products.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

Why Solid-State Drives Usage Scenarios Are Expanding for the Datacenter
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains that to accomplish the objectives of making more-efficient use of IT resources, lowering power consumption, and reducing operating expenses, many companies are turning to server consolidation and virtualization efforts—endeavors that increase server CPU utilization and reduce the number of discrete servers in a datacenter.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

Best Practices for Network Availability with Oracle VM Server for SPARC
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper is the second in a series that is designed to help map I/O best practices from the physical world into the virtual world supported by logical domains.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Customers Standardize on Oracle Database 11g (Reference Booklet)
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This customer reference booklet contains a sampling of real business results that organizations around the world, in a variety of industries, have achieved by upgrading and standardizing on Oracle Database 11g.  We hope you find these success stories helpful in learning how Oracle can help you achieve your business and IT objectives.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

Effective Enterprise Java Virtualization with Oracle WebLogic Suite
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper explores in detail the technology behind a new virtualized deployment paradigm for Java EE applications, describing not only the technology behind these advances, but also the benefits and usage.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

Partitioning with Oracle Database 11g Release 2
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the latest partitioning techniques, enhanced scalability, and extended manageability capabilities available in Oracle Database 11g Release 2.
Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2009

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Exadata Storage Server X2-2
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn about the intelligent software in the Oracle Exadata Storage Server that accelerates database query processing by offloading database query processing to the storage layer.
Posted: 16 Dec 2010 | Published: 16 Dec 2010

Oracle Corporation

Extreme Performance Using Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database is a memory-optimized relational database that delivers very low response time and very high throughput for performance-critical systems. This paper offers a high level description and then dives down to cover the architecture and key capabilities in detail.
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

Oracle Corporation

How Your Operating System Choice Impacts Business and IT Investments
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: Choosing the right operating system and pairing it with the right hardware matters to your customers and business. Read this white paper to learn about the significant technical, administrative, and cost benefits of upgrading from Solaris 8 or 9 to Oracle Solaris 10.
Posted: 27 Oct 2010 | Published: 27 Oct 2010

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Platform-as-a-Service Private Cloud with Oracle Fusion Middleware (Spanish version)
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Download this free white paper to learn how platform-as-a-service private cloud offers enterprises one of the best ways to take advantage of cloud computing.
Posted: 26 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

Oracle Corporation

Using Oracle In-Memory Database Cache to Accelerate the Oracle Database
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Oracle In-Memory Database Cache significantly reduces response time, while improving overall application throughput, by bringing data closer to the application, and by processing queries in an in-memory database.
Posted: 22 Oct 2010 | Published: 28 Jul 2010

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Oracle Database 11g for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This white-paper provides an overview of Oracle Database 11g's capabilities for data warehousing, and discuses its key features and technologies. Discover how to integrate information, perform fast queries, scale to very large data volumes, and more.
Posted: 22 Oct 2010 | Published: 23 Sep 2009

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications on VMware vSphere
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Run your business-critical applications, including Exchange, SQL, SAP, and Oracle, on VMware vSphere with breakthrough performance and outstanding reliability.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 14 Oct 2010

VMware, Inc.

Virtualizing Tier 1 Applications: A Critical Step on the Journey Toward the Private Cloud
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper explains how much of the Enterprise IT community is at a crossroads in extending their journey to the private cloud: Companies must virtualize their business critical applications in order to reap the benefits of cloud computing.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

VMware, Inc.

 Oracle Databases on Vmware: Use Cases
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This guide provides best practice guidelines for deploying Oracle databases on VMware vSphere, including best practice tips for storage, networking and performance.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 14 Oct 2010

VMware, Inc.

Consider Oracle Standard Edition to Reduce Database Management System Costs
sponsored by Dell Software
WHITE PAPER: Is your company spending too much on Oracle database management licensing and maintenance solutions? Discover a way your organization can save money on database management and licensing. Read this Gartner report, compliments of Quest Software, today.
Posted: 12 Oct 2010 | Published: 12 Oct 2010

Dell Software

Exadata Smart Flash Cache and the Sun Oracle Database Machine
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Exadata Smart Flash Cache is the fundamental technology of the Sun Oracle Database Machine Full Rack that enables the processing of up to 1 million random I/O operations per second (IOPS), and the scanning of data within Exadata storage at up to 50 GB/second. Read this paper for more.
Posted: 08 Oct 2010 | Published: 30 Oct 2009

Oracle Corporation

Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression enables the highest levels of data compression and provides enterprises with tremendous cost-savings and performance improvements due to reduced I/O. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 07 Dec 2009

Oracle Corporation

Oracle GoldenGate on Sun Oracle Database Machine Configuration
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on configuring Oracle GoldenGate to run on Sun Oracle Database Machine. Sun Oracle Database Machine can act as the source database, as the target database, or in some cases as both source and target databases for GoldenGate processing.
Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Feb 2010

Oracle Corporation

Backup and Recovery Performance and Best Practices for Exadata Cell and the Oracle Exadata Database Machine
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: One of the key operational aspects of deploying a Sun Oracle Database Machine is to ensure that database backups are performed and restoration of the Oracle Database is possible if disaster strikes. This paper describes the best practices for setting up the optimal backup and recovery strategy to protect your mission-critical data.
Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

Oracle Corporation

Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server and Database Machine
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines how the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server allows companies to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable and incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection.
Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Using Oracle In-Memory Database Cache to Accelerate the Oracle Database
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Oracle In-Memory Database Cache significantly reduces response time, while improving overall application throughput, by bringing data closer to the application, and by processing queries in an in-memory database.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 25 Jul 2009

Oracle Corporation

Advance Beyond the Barriers of Your Legacy Computing Infrastructure
sponsored by Sybase
WHITE PAPER: For customers running Sybase ASE 12.5 on Solaris 8, the long-planned end of support for that platform means that they must move their workloads to a new environment or face special support contracts. Moving to HP infrastructure brings immediate payback through lower support costs and reduction in power and cooling requirements.
Posted: 30 Sep 2010 | Published: 30 Sep 2010

Sybase