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About Sudhir Balasubramanian

Data & Infrastructure Architect - DB/OS/Virtualization/Storage/Infrastructure/Cloud Computing/AI/ML/LLM/GenAI , Oracle ACE/VMware vExpert/Nutanix NCP - Speaker, Blogger, Author, Technologist, Evangelist, Partner & Customer Advocate - love working with Customers & Partners to build creative solutions to solve complex problems & improve Customer experience.

On Demand Scaling up resources for Oracle production workloads – Hot Add CPU and Hot Add Memory

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

The crux of this blog’s discussion is “How to stop hoarding much needed infrastructure resources and live wisely ever after by scaling up as needed effectively” Typically Oracle workloads running on bare metal environments , or for that matter any … Continue reading →

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The Art of P2V and Oracle ASM

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

“Come with me if you want to live” – famous words from the Terminator series.It’s also the very reason IT companies are adopting the ‘Virtualize First’ policy to reap all of the benefits of virtualization and move away from the … Continue reading →

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Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud on Amazon AWS

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Summary With the recent launch of the VMware Cloud on AWS Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) from VMware, many Business Critical Application (BCA) workloads that were previously difficult to deploy in the cloud no longer require significant platform modifications. This … Continue reading →

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“RAC” n “RAC” all night – Oracle RAC on VMware vSphere – discuss Storage Options and How to Hot add clustered disks online

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

“I wanna “RAC” and “RAC” all night and party every day” – mantra of an Oracle RAC DBA.     The parable of the Blind men and the elephant have  been oft quoted , one of the lessons learned from this story … Continue reading →

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To be “RDM for Oracle RAC”, or not to be, that is the question

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Famous words from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Act III, Scene I. This is true even in the Virtualization world for Oracle Business Critical Applications where one wonders which way to go when it comes to provisioning shared disks for Oracle … Continue reading →

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Oracle on vSAN HCI – VMworld 2017

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Interested to find out how VMware HCI vSAN solution provides high availability, workload balancing, seamless site maintenance, stability, resilience, performance and cost effective hardware required to meet critical business SLA’s for running mission critical workloads? Come attend our session at … Continue reading →

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Streamlining Oracle on SDDC – VMworld 2017

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

Interested to find out how to streamline your Business Critical Applications on VMware Software-Defined Datacenter (SDDC) seamlessly? Come attend our session at VMworld 2017 Las Vegas on Thursday, Aug 31, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. where Amanda Blevins and  Sudhir … Continue reading →

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Oracle on VMware vSphere , vSAN, VxRAIL & VMware Cloud on AWS – Asks the Oracles

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

In the last post, we endeavored to explain how to go about an Oracle Licensing Audit effectively by meticulously collecting all artifacts needed for the audit. We recommend as artifacts Proof of Compute Enclosure Audit Trail entries Closing the loop … Continue reading →

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Oracle on VMware Hybrid Multi-Clouds – Preparing for an the Oracle Audit

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

In the last post , we addressed the Licensing fuds and myths when it comes to addressing Oracle Licensing on VMware vSphere , vSAN & VMware Cloud on AWS technologies and explained how – Oracle licensing DOES NOT change , from a … Continue reading →

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VMworld 2017 Oracle Customer Bootcamps

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Sudhir Balasubramanian

VMworld 2017 Oracle Customer Bootcamps On a mission to arm yourself with the latest knowledge and skills needed to master application virtualization? VMworld Customer bootcamps can get you in shape to lead the virtualization charge in your organization, with Instructor-led … Continue reading →

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