How to reduce Linux Block Storage IO sizes

A colleague recently asked me an interesting question, How can I reduce the size of a physical IO on Linux? So here's a blog that hopefully answers that question. Linux Operating System For this blog I will be using a Linux server with a Kernel that has a default maximum size of 1280KB (if you... Continue Reading →

How to to Run Oracle Database 23c FREE on M1 / M2 Apple Mac

I have previously shared how to run the Oracle Database 23c FREE database on an X86 Mac using PodMan, you can find that blog post here. But what about the newer M1/M2 Macs I here you ask ? Well, I have just got myself and new 2023 MacBook Pro with the Apple M2 Pro ARM... Continue Reading →

How to dump MySQL data to S3 Compatible Object Storage using the MySQL Shell

In Part 1 of this blog series I shared how to create a Pure Storage FlashBlade S3 compliant Object Storage account, user and bucket. I also demonstrated how to download the MySQL airportdb database, and upload objects into the Object Store S3 bucket. In Part 2, I showed how we can use the MySQL Shell... Continue Reading →

How to Upload large files to OCI Object Storage using the AWS CLI

In this short blog post I am going to share how to upload a large file to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage using the AWS CLI to perform a concurrent multipart upload. For this post I will use a large 4GB file to demonstrate an upload. Let's start by creating a file called bigfile... Continue Reading →

Learn how you can use the MySQL Shell to load data from S3 compliant Object Storage – Part 2 (Load)

In Part 1 of this blog series I shared how to setup a Pure Storage FlashBlade S3 compliant Object Storage account, user and bucket. I also demonstrated how to download the MySQL airportdb database, and upload objects into the Object Store S3 bucket. In this blog post I will show how we can use the... Continue Reading →

How to utilize S3 Object Storage for common MySQL 8 database DBA activities – Part 1 (Setup)

In this blog post series I and going to share how a MySQL 8 DBA can utilise S3 Object Storage for common database admin activities. If you don't already have an up and running MySQL 8 database and want to follow this blog, you could check out my post How to Install MySQL 8 on... Continue Reading →

How to Install MySQL 8 on Oracle Linux 8

In this post I am going to share how to install the MySQL 8 Community Edition on Oracle Linux 8. Before you download the RPM, confirm which version of Linux you are using, by checking /etc/redhat-release or /etc/oracle-release, for example. # cat /etc/redhat-release; cat /etc/oracle-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.8 (Ootpa) Oracle Linux Server... Continue Reading →

Oracle Database 23c Free Developer Release on OKE with Portworx Essentials – Part 3

In this blog series I set out to share how to deploy the Oracle Database 23c Free Developer Release on an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) Cluster with Portworx storage. In Part 1 of this series I shared how to create an OKE Kubernetes Cluster. In part 2 I shared how to install and configure Portworx... Continue Reading →

Oracle Database 23c Free Developer Release on OKE with Portworx Essentials – Part 2

In this Blog Series I am going to share how to deploy the Oracle Database 23c Free Developer Release on an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) Cluster with Portworx storage. In Part 1 of this blog series I shared how to create an OKE Kubernetes Cluster. In this Part 2... Continue Reading →

Oracle Database 23c Free Developer Release on OKE with Portworx Essentials – Part 1

In this 3 part blog series I am going to share how to get started with Oracle Database 23c Free Developer release on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) and the Portworx Essentials forever free edition. In Part 1 will cover the creation of the OKE Cluster, Part 2... Continue Reading →

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