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SUMMARY: XTIVIA's expert DBA team addresses the high costs and persistent performance issues associated with managed cloud databases by implementing strategic, holistic optimization techniques, rather than resorting to costly resource over-provisioning. Simply scaling...
SUMMARY: Database administrators can establish cost-effective, reliable, and scalable cloud-based backups for their Oracle databases by integrating Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) directly with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage using the Oracle Database...
SUMMARY: Database administrators must select between the free, open-source Percona XtraBackup and the commercial MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB) to perform reliable hot backups of large MySQL deployments, weighing cost savings against integrated enterprise features and...
SUMMARY: Database administrators can achieve robust disaster recovery solutions by leveraging the Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) and the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module to restore an Oracle database seamlessly from OCI Object Storage. Administrators must download...
SUMMARY: Securing data both in transit and at rest is a top priority. Because AWS does not automatically enable encryption for new volumes by default, users must implement specific operational steps to secure existing unencrypted AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes...
SUMMARY: Database administrators can proactively prevent or quickly resolve the ORA-00059 error, which occurs when creating or cloning PDBs without sufficient allocation for the DB_FILES parameter, by verifying current usage and executing a system alteration that...
SUMMARY: Senior database administrators implement MySQL Master-to-Master replication (bidirectional replication) to achieve high availability and load balancing by enabling read/write operations on two servers, a configuration that requires careful setup using Global...
SUMMARY: Terraform, an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool from HashiCorp, empowers businesses to automate, provision, and manage consistent multi-cloud environments across platforms like Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, effectively eliminating reliance on...
SUMMARY: Oracle has indefinitely delayed the general on-premises release of Oracle Database 23ai, signaling a strategic "Cloud-First, Developer-First" pivot that prioritizes cloud availability and requires extensive testing for performance parity across diverse server...
SUMMARY: Since its debut in 2016, SQL Server Query Store has gained critical features such as wait statistics and automatic plan correction, evolving from a simple logging tool into an adaptive performance tuning partner that minimizes rogue query performance issues...