New Blog Post: Exadata AI Smart Scan Deep Dive Deep dive into my latest post and video on the #Exadata PM blog and discover how #AI #Smart #Scan accelerates #Oracle #Database #23ai AI #Vector Search workloads! blogs.oracle.com/exadata/post...

Claude, using the SQLcl MCP server, tried vector search with the search embedding generated on-the-fly by the ONNX runtime inside my Oracle 23ai Active Data Guard standby. Claude is impressed.

💬 My latest post on the Maximum Availability Architecture Blog explains how Oracle Active Data Guard is an extraordinary and flexible solution for scalability 📈, allowing both conventional and AI workloads to scale and perform at their best. 🔍 Read more: blogs.oracle.com/maa/post/app...

The DGMGRL command SHOW CONFIGURATION VERBOSE won't trigger a health check anymore starting with 23.9. More details here: www.ludovicocaldara.net/dba/show-con...

The latest #Oracle #Exadata System Software maintenance updates for 25.1 and 24ai (24.1) have just been released! For full details, visit the @exadatapm.bsky.social PM Blog. blogs.oracle.com/exadata/post...

🚨 Hot off the Press! 🚨 Excited about the powerful new #Oracle Database Snapshot and Cloning features now available with #Exadata #Exascale? Don’t miss out—get the latest #MAA Best Practices Guide and start cloning with confidence! A huge thank you to the incredible MAA and Engineering teams!

It’s heartbreaking that fantastic bands like The Bobby Lees can’t survive in a streaming economy that rewards algorithms over artistry. I’d rather pay more if it meant my money actually went to the artists I love, not industry execs and playlist puppeteers. 🎸💔 hudsonvalleyone.com/2023/11/08/t...

Use the Broker, Luke! 🪄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj6h...

Oracle Data Guard switchover and failover have changed from 19c to 23ai. 🎥 This short video lists the main steps of a Database switchover in Oracle Data Guard 19c and compares them to a 23ai switchover. Spoil alert: in 23ai, we make it significantly faster. 🏎️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOEd...

ONLY TODAY! To celebrate Luiza's birthday, we're sharing a 25% discount code for the #POUG2025 tickets. Why 25%? Because 34 doesn't sound so good. 🙁 It's the cheapest you can get our tickets. Code is valid until midnight. Go get them! poug2025.konfeo.com/en/groups

Oracle 23ai JDBC driver supports transparent redirection to the True Cache service, which can be served by either a True Cache instance or an Active Data Guard standby Database 🤓 Read more here 👇 blogs.oracle.com/maa/post/tru...

Oracle CloudWorld Tour is a big success in Paris!

Discover how #Oracle #Exadata #X11M delivers extreme performance and cost-effective storage on-premises and in the cloud. Learn how intelligent, database-aware software and features like #XRMEM and Exadata Smart Flash Cache optimize performance and scalability for modern workloads.

Imagination is the limit! 🤯

The latest #Oracle #Exadata System Software Updates for 25.1, 24ai (24.1), 23.1, and 22.1 are now available. Details on the @OracleExadata PM Blog site - blogs.oracle.com/exadata/post...

This winter break I'm finally doing... winter activities! Time to recharge the batteries and get ready for 2025 ☺️

I think this is the Oracle database weekend ;-) Now playing with ORDS and JSON-Relational Duality views. Awesome stuff!

Happy birthday to me 🥳

New - or updated - event ITOUG Tech Day 2025 on www.clocwise.org. CfP ends on 02-FEB-2025, but dont wait and head over to https://sessionize.com/itoug-tech-day-2025/ now and submit! #ITOUG25

🎶 My 2024 in music: I've listened to 788 hours of music (>2h per day). 1171 different artists (109 discovered this year). Top 5: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Oranssi Pazuzu Colour Haze IDLES PJ Harvey Deezer ranks my tastes "Super Niche" (less than 1% mainstream). That's a good stat 🤘

❤️ #java23

I really enjoy presentations by @ludovico.bsky.social . He has references to all data sources/research the information is from. This kind on presentation requires a huge knowledge and a lot of work. Fantastic! #kudos

Hey! Where did everyone go? They're focused on @ludovico.bsky.social talking about Oracle Data Guard 23ai.

📣📽️ Fresh new video 📽️: Oracle Active Data Guard 🛡️ Far Sync 👨‍🏫 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYJ... Yet to be published on oracle.com, but I think BlueSky deserves some premiere content 😁

I'm happy to report that starting this week, @bsky.app will be my Twitter of choice 🙃

Find the Oracle Data Guard's latest technical deck here: www.ludovicocaldara.net/dba/slides/o... More than 200 slides of technical content cover almost all aspects and features, including 23ai new features.

Oracle Data Guard customers implementing FSFO: what's the infrastructure for your observers? If you choose #3, please comment on how many observers you deploy per physical host. 🙏

About funny typos. I've just misspelled "git". I should stop coding and prepare dinner instead🧑‍🍳😂

Hehehe I was so excited about the release of Exascale that I've created a small "Coffee with Ludo" video for it. I hope my Exa-colleagues won't mind 😇https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJFDwJkCR-Q

After years of using #rlwrap, I've just learned how easy it is to implement filters to modify the input and output of the commands. Perl support is available by default, and Python support can be easily installed. Better late than never. 😅

Pro Data Guard tip: Whenever you implement Data Guard in a Multitenant architecture, ensure there are no saved PDB states and control your PDBs and services via srvctl. This will save you some headaches with PDBs and services starting on the standby when they shouldn't.

My office today 🫣

DOAG Datenbank 2024 has just started! Shasank Chavan gives a keynote on Oracle AI Vector Search. 🧠🤖 #Oracle #doagdb #AI

Few people in my network know how much music has influenced my life. Steve Albini left a big imprint on me, particularly with Shellac band that I was eager to see again next June, but without forgetting how many great albums he recorded with Nirvana, Pixies, and the like. RIP 😭

No matter how many times I take this line, the view is always amazing. Polishing some slides for #DOAGDB24 while going to the Oracle Beer Bern #oracle #meetup

About compatibility... This command is useless today but still works to maintain old applications compatible with the newest versions of Oracle Database.

Bonjour Paris! On se retrouve cette après-midi au Campus Cyber à la Défense pour une demi journée sur les nouveautés MAA 23c!

The entire Oracle MAA team--product management and development--joins the Carpenter family's grief over the loss of Larry. He was a great friend, colleague, mentor, and example to many of us. https://blogs.oracle.com/maa/post/in-memory-of-larry-carpenter 💔

Writing when connected to a physical standby database? 🙀 There are good reasons to do it. Check my last blog post: https://blogs.oracle.com/maa/post/dml-redirection

Did you know? In 21c (and consequently, 23c), we made DML redirection much faster for applications using it! #dataguard #db21c #db23c

Good to know: if you protect your Data Guard standby database with ZDLRA, you can use block change tracking (BCT) and real-time cascade without requiring the Active Data Guard option. #ZDLRA #dataguard #OracleDatabase

I've been a Linux/Windows desktop user for my whole life. I've just ordered my first MacBook ever, and I'm scared as hell! 👀😱 PLZ send positive thoughts 🤣

I missed this one. @kmensah has written a blog explaining how to configure #HikariCP for Oracle Database High Availability! (Bonus, it contains a link to a post explaining how to replace HikariCP with UCP 👏)...

New "Coffee with Ludo": JSON vs Relational flexibility youtu.be/t3CbtOcbGDo

Coffee? JSON vs Relational flexibility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3CbtOcbGDo

The first blog post of 2024... New views in Oracle Data Guard 23c https://www.ludovicocaldara.net/dba/dg23c-new-views/ #db23c #dg23c @oracledatabase @OracleMAA

New in Data Guard 21c and improved in 23c: Automatic preparation of the primary database https://www.ludovicocaldara.net/dba/prepare-database-for-data-guard/

When the forecast says by 9 AM it will be sunny but you go earlier because you don't want to be too late at work. 🌫️🥶

I am living in exciting times. From JSON Relational Duality Views, to Property Graphs inside the Database with SQL:2023 syntax, to AI models and vectors to store and search data embeddings. All without moving data, and with the solid protection of Data Guard. 🧑‍🚀

Going ergonomic. I wonder how I survived without @Logitech MX Vertical for so many years. 🦾 The new keyboard Ergo k860 is also a breeze for my wrists. 🤗