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		<title>The Senile DBA Guide to Troubleshooting Sudden Growth in Redo Generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just troubleshooted a server where the amounts of redo generated suddenly exploded to the point of running out of disk space.
After I was done, the problem was found and the storage manager pacified, I decided to save the queries I used. This is a rather common issue, and the scripts will be useful for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=619&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-senile-dba-guide-to-troubleshooting-sudden-growth-in-redo-generation/</link>
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		<title>Thinking about Design Patterns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have this friend who is an ambitious young corporate climber. When I was started out as a team lead, I was totally overwhelmed by the office politics I was suddenly exposed to. Naturally, I turned to my friend for advice. She told me to read Machiaveli&#8217;s &#8220;The Prince&#8221;. So I did. Its an interesting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=614&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/thinking-about-design-patterns/</link>
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		<title>Lessons From OOW09 #3 &#8211; What&#8217;s New with Streams?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big news with streams is the Golden Gate acquisition. Oracle acquired Golden Gate, a smaller company that has a solution very similar to what Oracle Streams is doing. During OpenWorld Oracle announced that Golden Gate is the new strategic direction and that future development will be towards integrating Streams with Golden Gate. Oracle will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=610&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/lessons-from-oow09-3-whats-new-with-streams/</link>
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		<title>Lessons From OOW09 #2 &#8211; Consolidation Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The session was called &#8220;All in One&#8221; and it was given by Husnu Sensoy. A young and very accomplished DBA from Turkey. I chatted with him during ACE dinner and it turns out we have many colleagues in common. This was probably the most useful presentation I&#8217;ve heard this OpenWorld. As I am going into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=607&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/lessons-from-oow09-2-consolidation-tips/</link>
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		<title>Lessons From OOW09 #1 &#8211; Shell Script Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During OpenWorld I went to a session about shell scripting. The speaker, Ray Smith, was excellent. Clear, got the pace right, educating and entertaining.
His presentation was based on the book &#8220;The Art of Unix Programming&#8221; by one Eric Raymond. He recommended reading it, and I may end up doing that.
The idea is that shell scripts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=600&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/lessons-from-oow09-1-shell-script-tips/</link>
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		<title>Most Important Thing I&#8217;ve Learned at OOW09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is only Tuesday morning, OOW is not even half-way through. But there is something I&#8217;ve learned on Monday morning, and it left such a huge impression, that I know right now that nothing else that will happen until Thursday can top this.
Jonathan Lewis gave a presentation on &#8220;How to be an Expert&#8221; in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=597&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/most-important-thing-ive-learned-at-oow09/</link>
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		<title>Visualization Session &#8211; The Slides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Visualization Session&#8221; at OOW Unconference was great. Thanks to everyone who showed up for the lively discussion. It was probably the most fun I&#8217;ve ever had at a presentation.
Also thanks for the fine folks whom I later met at the OTN lounge and explained that they wanted to attend my presentation but the OTN [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=595&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/visualization-session-the-slides/</link>
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		<title>Visualization Session at OOW Unconference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OOW is next week, and on Monday, October 12, 4:00pm PST, I&#8217;ll be giving my unconference session about visualization.
Visualization is a big topic. What I&#8217;m going to talk about is:

Why visualization is such an amazing tool for DBAs. Not just for newbies, it is actually more effective for experienced DBAs. I&#8217;ll explain why.
Lots of examples [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=591&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/visualization-session-at-oow-unconference/</link>
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		<title>One More Thing Everyone Should Know About Queues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I already posted two things everyone should know about queues, but the incidents of the last month made me realize I missed another very important queue fact.
Don&#8217;t double the load on a server and expect that response times will be &#8220;a little slower&#8221;. If the server is above 30-40% capacity, doubling the load is likely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=589&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/one-more-thing-everyone-should-know-about-queues/</link>
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		<title>One of those&#8230; Months?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had one of those days, and even some weeks like that, but its the first time we have an entire murphy month &#8211; where everything possible goes wrong.
Lets see the list:

DBA accidentally dropped production schema. He thought he was on test DB, of course. We are very proud that we managed to restore said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=prodlife.wordpress.com&blog=1244228&post=587&subd=prodlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://prodlife.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/one-of-those-months/</link>
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