Oracle: Throwing Hardware at Performance Issues
March 23, 2009
In my limited experience, the easiest way to resolve Oracle database performance issues is to throw hardware at the problem. The problem is that adding hardware can pump up Oracle license fees. The resources needed to engineer non hardware solutions to Oracle database performance problems are often unknown and therefore hard to budget. So, I throw hardware at the problem. Oracle and Hewlett Packard have joined up to make it somewhat easier to throw hardware at an Oracle performance problem. You can read about the new range of slim line database machines here. Computer World reported that “The scaled-down version has four HP DL360 database servers, two switches and seven storage servers and ‘will provide similar scalability and performance characteristics as the full rack.’” The idea is that the slim appliance or appliance-like rack will cost less than the $5 million charged for the tubbier version of the database machine. Oracle database administrators know how to get their share of available information technology budgets with hardware procurements of this magnitude. As the economic noose tightens for more organizations, will Oracle and HP face push back in the months ahead? In my opinion, yes.
Stephen Arnold, March 23, 2009
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