Oracle
a: Oracle ~
b: a big B-52 bomber
What: "Flying with MySQL and Oracle
In my work, I use both MySQL and Oracle. MySQL is like a fighter jet - sleek, fast, powerful. It carries a smaller payload but packs a wonderful punch and is excellent for analyzing Taliban data. Oracle is like a big B-52 bomber. Ancient, not very pretty, and lumbering, it carries such a big payload that even Osama cannot hide from its powerful data-crunching abilities."
Writer: Johnlim
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Date: Jul 27 2010 7:22 AM
Oracle
a: Oracle ~
b: The IBM of the West Coast
What: A full service company it has become. I went to an Oracle talk in San Francisco in which they has many slides with their "Redstack" graphic. This picture showed quite cleanly the capabilities of this company after their merger with SUN. They now do both Database software and hardware to support database management.
The only company that is equivalent to this is IBM.
Writer: mattyflynn
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Date: Jul 27 2010 7:29 AM
Database Education
a: Oracle 11g ~
b: Mammalian Cell
What: I studied cell biology/chemistry in college. Mammalian cells are complicated systems with many sub components and many ,many detailed sub-systems. I was reminded of this when learning the Oracle 10g and 11G. This database is a complicated, highly evolved system, with many subsystems that insure the survival of information the way a cell assures the survival of the DNA in the nucleus.
Writer: mattyflynn
LCC: QA
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 7 2009 3:35 AM
a: Oracle database ~
b: MacLearan F1
What: "An Oracle database is like a MacLearan F1 - costs a mint, takes a team to keep it running, can go really really fast, and is more than 99.99% of all drivers need."
Writer: Philo
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 15 2014 6:56 PM
a: Oracle database ~
b: a 2 year old child
What: "Oracle database is like a 2 year old child. Sometimes unpredictable and requires constant attention. Just like a parent cannot become a "Good parent" by just reading Dr. Spock's books, a DBA cannot become a good DBA just by reading thru an exam cram and passing an exam. You have to touch it and feel it and learn it's intricacies."
Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 15 2014 6:56 PM
a: Oracle database ~
b: jet engine
What:
"I think an Oracle database is like a jet engine. It's a very important piece of technology, but I don't need to buy one personally. Every time you go to eBay, you access an Oracle database. Every time you go to Amazon.com, you access an Oracle database. Every time you make a bank deposit, you access an Oracle database. But actually selling it to consumers?"
Writer: Larry Ellison
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Date: May 15 2014 7:00 PM
a: Oracle database ~
b: working on a moving car
What:
"In fact, some database administrators say that tuning an Oracle database is like trying to work on a car while it's flying down the highway at 60 mph! Because of Oracle's flexibility, the internal software is phenomenally complex, and there are hundreds of variables that can cause performance problems. The complexity leaves many shops unable to keep their database properly tuned. An Oracle database is constantly changing, and the dynamic nature of tuning and of the Oracle environment makes it difficult for the Oracle database administrator to get a handle on what's going on inside the database."
Writer: Varija Chowdary Nune
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 15 2014 7:03 PM
Oracle Listener
a: The oracle listener ~
b: a security person to a database
What: "In the same way the listener is like a security person to a database. A Listener is a component that keeps on listening whether any users want to connect to the database or not." The rest the article explains the Oracle listener very clearly.
Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Sep 12 2010 4:09 AM
