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Understanding CPU on AIX Power SMT Systems

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ July 1, 2016 ⋅ 6 Comments

This month I worked with a chicagoland company to improve performance for eBusiness Suite on AIX. I’ve worked with databases running on AIX a number of times over the years now. Nevertheless, I got thrown for a loop this week. TLDR: In the end, it came down to a fundamental change in resource accounting that … Continue reading →

OSP #2b: Build a Standard Platform from the Bottom-Up

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ November 15, 2013

This is the fourth of twelve articles in a series called Operationally Scalable Practices. The first article gives an introduction and the second article contains a general overview. In short, this series suggests a comprehensive and cogent blueprint to best position organizations and DBAs for growth. In the first half of this article we discussed platform standardization at a … Continue reading →