Get me off that F*cking Exadata!

Get me off that F*cking Exadata!

Exadatas are amazing machines. They have some extraordinary capabilities. And they are quite expensive. I mean, really quite expensive. And we need to re-buy them every few years as they age.

A client came along one day and asked me “what can we do to cut the bills?”
I said “Nothing. Pay the money.”
And they said “We don’t want to! Can’t we do something cheaper?”.
“erm”
“Look, can you get us off those f*cking Exadata machines?”

This is a short story explaining if I could.

About Neil

Neil has been working in IT since 1988 when he coded Assembler and Cobol on IBM Mainframes against both hierarchical (NoSQL-ish) and relational databases.

He started using Oracle software in 1991. He is an independent consultant who specialises in Performance Tuning, Security, Exadata, RAC, DataGuard, Goldengate, Upgrades, Data Migration, with some PL/SQL and Apex Development for good measure.

He also has extensive experience with other relational databases, NoSQL databases, and Linux and AIX administration.