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Articles by Ron Ekins
How to Configure NVMe over TCP (NVMe/TCP) on Oracle Linux 9
This blog on configuring NVMe over TCP on Oracle Linux 9 originally appeared on Ron Ekins’s blog. It has been republished with the author’s credit and consent. Over the recent months, I’ve had an increasing number of discussions around the use of Non-volatile Memory Express over TCP (NVMe/TCP) storage and Oracle, so I thought it was time that I documented how to configure NVMe/TCP on Oracle Linux 9 for Oracle Database 19c. Is this NVMe over TCP supported?
Automated Oracle Database Refresh with Workato
Workato is a process automation and data orchestration platform that can be used to orchestrate the refresh of multiple test Oracle databases. This article originally appeared on Ron Ekins’ blog. It has been republished with the author’s credit and consent. I recently had the opportunity to spend some time learning all about the Workato orchestration platform. After completing the Workato training paths and certifications, I decided it was time to take my newfound knowledge out for a spin.
How to Protect Oracle Backups from Cyber Threats
As database professionals, we’re the custodians of our organisation’s data. In the event of a data-related issue, we’re usually one of the first on the scene. Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increasing number of ransomware attacks. Ransomware has been headline news around the globe. It’s impacting all industries, with seemingly no target off-limits. With this in mind, we need to constantly review and reduce our exposure to malware and other external and internal threats.
Using T-SQL Snapshot Backup: Multi-array Database Snapshots
If you have a multi-array environment, you can freeze database write I/O to take coordinated snapshots across volumes on two FlashArray systems using the T-SQL snapshot backup feature in SQL Server 2022. This article first appeared on Anthony Nocentino’s blog. It has been republished with the author’s credit and consent.
Increase Your Agility in Azure: 3 Seamless Customer-driven Pure Cloud Block Store Upgrades
Pure Cloud Block Store on Azure brings enterprise-grade storage capabilities to the cloud. Three new enhancements deliver even more flexibility with customer-driven Purity upgrades, capacity upgrades, and seamless controller upgrades. The public cloud continues to transform the way businesses manage their IT infrastructure, offering agility, scalability, and operational simplicity that traditional on-premises data centers can’t always match.
Oracle ASM Filter Driver Filtering and 5.15 UEK7 Kernels
This blog post explores the impact of disabling Oracle ASM Filter Driver filtering on space reclamation on a FlashArray system. This article on Oracle ASM Filter Driver filtering originally appeared on Ron Ekins’s blog. It has been republished with the author’s credit and consent. I’m a long-time fan of the Oracle ASM Filter Driver (AFD). One of its major benefits is AFD filtering.
Understanding Deduplication Ratios
Deduplication is a process that prevents the same data from being stored again. Deduplication ratios are an important calculation that can help you size the expected data footprint. It’s super important to understand where deduplication ratios, in relation to backup applications and data storage, come from. Deduplication prevents the same data from being stored again, lowering the data storage footprint.
SAP HANA on Pure Storage FlashArray File
FlashArray delivers the necessary performance and reliability for mission-critical workloads like SAP. It’s easy to install SAP HANA on a FlashArray system using NFS file services by following the steps outlined in this article. This blog originally appeared on ryanarsenaultsap.com. It has been republished with permission from the author. SAP typically creates and maintains an organization’s most critical data.
Oracle Database 19c on Oracle Direct NFS Using FA File
This blog post shares how to configure a Pure Storage FlashArray system for NFS and an Oracle 19c database for Oracle Direct NFS (dNFS) and then confirmed usage by reviewing the Oracle database alert.log files and using dNFS database views. With Pure Storage Purity 6.1, we saw the arrival of file support to the family of Pure Storage® FlashArray™ systems, providing a unified block and file storage platform.
Take Your Azure VMware Migration Home with a 20% Discount on Pure Storage
Summary Migrating VMware workloads to the cloud can bring many benefits. Pure Block Cloud Store dramatically improves TCO when moving to Azure VMware Solution. Migrating VMware workloads to the cloud can bring many benefits. Pure Block Cloud Store dramatically improves TCO when moving to Azure VMware Solution. In light of VMware’s recent changes under Broadcom, many of you may be reevaluating your VMware workloads and looking for ways to stabilize, evolve, and future-proof your infrastructure.
DXC Technology: Turning Ideas into Real Business Impact
Summary When this leading technology services provider needed a robust disaster recovery (DR) solution for its Managed Container Services customers, DXC Technology chose Portworx by Pure Storage. When this leading technology services provider needed a robust disaster recovery (DR) solution for its Managed Container Services platform, DXC Technology chose Portworx by Pure Storage. With IT evolving quickly, organizations need innovative solutions to ensure business continuity and data integrity.
New Enhancements to VMware Integration for High Availability and Data Protection
Summary Two new capabilities developed in partnership with VMware provide high availability and robust data protection: XCOPY for NVMe-oF and Virtual Volumes with vSphere metro clustering. Today, we are happy to announce new capabilities in collaboration with VMware (acquired by Broadcom) that provide high availability and robust data protection—natively integrated into VMware vSphere. IT infrastructure teams need the highest levels of availability to support mission-critical workloads.
Portworx Cloud Drives for Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE)
With the release of Portworx 2.13, Cloud Drives support is now generally available for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) managed Kubernetes service Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE). Portworx Cloud Drives provides the ability to automatically provision and scale storage. This is great news for anyone using Portworx on OKE, as it means we no longer need to pre-create OCI Block Volumes and attach them to the OKE worker nodes before installing Portworx.
Accelerate DevOps with JFrog Artifactory Direct Cloud Storage
JFrog Artifactory is one of the most commonly used universal artifact repository management tools in software development. To achieve faster time to market, developers are challenged with accelerating the software delivery pipeline either in the cloud or with on-premises data center resources.
Getting Started with the EDB PostgreSQL Database Kubernetes Operator and Portworx Storage
PostgreSQL Database Operators There are a number of PostgreSQL database Kubernetes operators available—including Crunchy PostgreSQL for Kubernetes, Zalando PostgreSQL Operator, and Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL on Kubernetes to name just a few—however, for this blog post, I will be taking the popular EnterpriseDB (EDB) PostgreSQL Operator out for a spin. If you want to try looking at using other database operators, visit OperatorHub.io, which provides a registry of Kubernetes operators.
Portworx Enterprise 2.8 Installation on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)
Getting Started with an Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) Cluster Let’s start by creating an Oracle Kubernetes Engine cluster on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You can use the OCI Web UI to manually create an OKE cluster within your OCI compartment. Or if you prefer, you may want to consider using my Terraform automation, which is available in GitHub. Before you start, consult the Portworx documentation for the latest supported Kubernetes and Kernel versions.
Getting started with the Oracle MySQL Kubernetes Operator with Portworx on OCI
Background Today there are a number of different MySQL Kubernetes Operators available for use, many providing similar functionality with varying development effort and support offerings, for example Percona, PressLabs, GrdsCloud, Moco to name a few. However, for the purpose of this post I am going to be using the official MySQL Kubernetes Operator developed by the Oracle MySQL team to manage the setup of a MySQL InnoDB Cluster.
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