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Examines Query Performance for Data Warehousing Workload

A database study comparing the performance of storage architectures using Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array and storage architecture based only on traditional hard disks was recently conducted, and its results presented by Chang Shu. Both atomic queries such as sorts / joins, and advanced queries containing complex business logic were tested in order to observe the performance gains in using F5100 Flash Array.

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Short Items of Interest for Solaris Users

• DTrace Quick Start Guide
• ZFS: Changing The Way You Look at Storage
• Tuning ZFS for Sun Storage F5100 Array
• ZFS Deduplication Features in PSARC
• pkgin and 5,000 Packages for Solaris 10/x86
• Multiple LDom vdisks With the Same Backend
• Installing Native and Branded Zones
• Automated Backups With Inserted USB Disk/Memory Drive
• Using Solaris Live Upgrade to Move From Solaris 8

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Query Volume, Speedup Ratio Increases on Oracle Database 11g, Release 2

The Sun BestPerf blog “Oracle Flash Cache — SGA Caching on Sun Storage F5100″ posted by Senthil Ramanujam reports on the combination of new features delivered by Oracle and Sun’s Flash Cache technology and its effect on the improved database performance of the Sun Storage F5100. The benchmark results in this blog deal with the performance of Oracle Database 11 (Release2), which enables extending the System Global Area (SGA) size and caching beyond physical memory, to a large flash memory storage device as the Sun Storage F5100 flash array.

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Oracle Offers Companies $10M in Performance Challenge

A new world record TPC-C benchmark result has been set for Oracle Database 11g running on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers with CMT technology, along with Solaris 10 and the new Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array. Oracle reports this world record proves that the Oracle-Sun combination runs faster than IBM DB2 running on IBM’s flagship Power 595. Oracle believes so much in Sun hardware, it is offering companies $10 million if one can prove Oracle Database 11g runs at least twice as fast on IBM’s fastest computer.

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