Database Blog

• Database Security Issues in the Cloud, Part 2: Regulatory Compliance

  Aug 26, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  As the number of databases moving to public, private and hybrid cloud computing infrastructure increases, security concerns are a significant and growing problem. Organizations will do well to scrutinize the security practices of cloud providers and other third parties that store their data. But wherever databases are running, responsibility for the security and integrity of … Continue reading Database Security Issues in the Cloud, Part 2: Regulatory Compliance

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• Advantages and Disadvantages of Disk-based Backup and Recovery

  Jul 14, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  While tape-based backup approaches may still be optimal for long-term data retention, more and more database storage/backup administrators are moving from tape to disk technology for everyday data backup and recovery. This is not surprising as disk is faster to write to and faster to recover from, as well as more reliable overall. A further … Continue reading Advantages and Disadvantages of Disk-based Backup and Recovery

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• Why I Avoid Database Hints: a followup

  Jun 21, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  In an earlier blog post about database hints, I gave a number of reasons why I dont like to use hints in SQL queries. Today I wanted to follow up to share one situation where I think hints are OK, even necessary. As described very well in an article in an article by Andrew Kelly … Continue reading Why I Avoid Database Hints: a followup

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• Secure The Database, Inside and Out

  Jun 9, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  It has been a relatively short time since I wrote my last post on database security but so many breaches have occurred since then that it seems like much longer. In just the past few months, Sony’s gaming system was shut down for two weeks, a nuclear facility in Iran was physically damaged by nefarious code … Continue reading Secure The Database, Inside and Out

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• Oracle Security: Oracle’s Audit All Command Doesn’t Really Audit All

  Mar 17, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  When attempting to make their Oracle database as secure as possible, many organizations turn on Oracle’s auditing feature. Oracle has a very robust auditing feature that enables us to log every action taken in the database. We can audit connections, object creation, data updates, deletes, and many other database activities. Some organizations turn on auditing … Continue reading Oracle Security: Oracle’s Audit All Command Doesn’t Really Audit All

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• Bridge the Gap Between Database Security and Application Security

  Mar 17, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  Strong Database Security Today’s database systems have sophisticated security mechanisms designed to enable the protection of data and the tracking of the viewing and modification of the data. For example, Oracle has database roles that govern what database objects a user can see and edit.  Oracle also has auditing features that enable us to track … Continue reading Bridge the Gap Between Database Security and Application Security

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• Database Security Issues in the Cloud: Part 1

  Mar 17, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  The benefits of cloud computing, including reduced IT ownership and operating costs and improved resource utilization, are just too good for many organizations to pass up. More and more businesses of all sizes are moving a wide range of applications to cloud environments. But database security concerns remain a significant barrier to cloud adoption. When … Continue reading Database Security Issues in the Cloud: Part 1

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• Five Leading Causes of Oracle Database Performance Problems

  Feb 3, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  As we evaluate our clients’ Oracle databases and help them solve problems relating to performance and stability, we see many causes for these issues. However, there are a small number of basic issues that tend to cause problems on the majority of systems. Our Tech Tips document describes these issues and discusses methods of identifying them and resolving … Continue reading Five Leading Causes of Oracle Database Performance Problems

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• Remove that Clutter: The Annual Database Security Audit and Cleanup

  Jan 3, 2011 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  As the New Year begins, many of us take the beginning of a new calendar year as a cue to to clean out and shred our old files and reorganize our storage spaces so that we have room for all the new supplies and equipment we will need in the new year. We do this … Continue reading Remove that Clutter: The Annual Database Security Audit and Cleanup

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• Oracle RAC is Now Supported on VMware

  Nov 24, 2010 / Posted By:Robert Buda

  In a recent change to its long-standing policy, Oracle Corp. will now support its customers running Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) software on VMware platforms in certain circumstances. This positive move for customers was announced in a document titled “Support Position for Oracle Products Running on VMware Virtualized Environments,” which Oracle posted on its support … Continue reading Oracle RAC is Now Supported on VMware

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