Hotsos Symposium Speaker – Bert Scalzo
Mr. Scalzo is a new Hotsos Symposium presenter.
Biography
Bert Scalzo is a Database Architect for Quest Software and a member of the TOAD team. He has worked extensively with TOAD's developers and designed many of its features - including the DBA module, Code Road Map and Code Xpert. Mr. Scalzo has worked with Oracle databases for well over two decades, starting with version 4. His work history includes time at Oracle Education and Oracle Consulting, plus he holds several Oracle Masters certifications. Mr. Scalzo also has an extensive academic background including a BS, MS and PhD in Computer Science, an MBA and several insurance industry designations. Mr. Scalzo is an accomplished speaker and has presented at numerous Oracle conferences and user groups inclduding OOW, ODTUG, IOUGA, OAUG, et al. His key areas of DBA interest are Data Modeling, Database Benchmarking, Database Tuning & Optimization, "Star Schema" Data Warehouses and Linux. Mr. Scalzo has written articles for Oracle's Technology Network (OTN), Oracle Magazine, Oracle Informant, PC Week (eWeek), Dell PowerEdge Magazine, The Linux Journal, www.linux.com, and www.orafaq.com. He also has written four books: "Oracle DBA Guide to Data Warehousing and Star Schemas", "TOAD Handbook", "TOAD Pocket Reference" (2nd Edition), and "Database Benchmarking: Practical methods for Oracle 10g & SQL Server 2005".
Presentation Title
RAC Be Nimble, RAC Be Quick
Abstract
Often relying on default operating system setup and database configuration parameters can lead to very poor RAC performance right out of the box - a symptom that Mr. Scalzo jokingly refers to as "RAC in the Box" failure. But through simple application analysis and tuning corresponding network, operating system and database parameter settings to match - DBA's can often get past the initial RAC performance issues. Furthermore, the technique serves as a nice and simple "best practices" check-list for any RAC setup.
Presentation Materials
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Schedule
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