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The reason to buy those huge RAM modules is not video editing, it is generative AI

bkhalid
09 Dec 2023

You can buy a Macbook Pro with 128GB of memory as of Nov 2023. But why would anyone buy a computer with this much RAM? You might think that the people who need this kind of configuration are those movie studios who work with huge media files and graphics content. While this is still a valid reason to buy those big machines, there is another reason to buy those computers with 128 or more RAM, even for a regular individual professional who work with content or those who are developers

EXACS GRID Patching with January 2022 PSU. The new commands and new errors

bkhalid
31 Jan 2022

Oracle has changed many of the management commands and API to use the OCI tooling when we perform patching and other administrative tasks. These new commands do not seem to be as reliable as the old one. Here is my experience using the new patching commands applying January 2022 PSU on Exadata Cloud Service

How to upgrade Oracle database with autoupgrade.jar

B K
12 Jul 2020

This is a simple guide that you can follow to upgrade an Oracle database using autoupgrade.jar

Tech Fog: When Technology and Power goes to people with no regard to law or privacy

bkhalid
18 Jan 2022

Recently, an online news portal published a story on a secret app used by right wing party employees to basically automate hate distribution by manipulating social media and various illegal methods. This activity is, in my opinion, a succession of the various things the ruling party of India, BJP, did to make a divide in the society and secure their vote bank, again without any regards to law (or morality for that matter)

Explained: What is NFT?

bkhalid
14 Jan 2022

NFT means non-fungible token which is a new application of blockchain technology, in which the ownership information of digital property is verified and authenticated. Read to know more about it

Oracle Exadata Cloud Service (EXACS) - Update the tooling to latest available version

bkhalid
12 Jan 2022

This short article will show you how to update the ExaCS tooling version to the latest available update. ExaCS tooling takes care of managing the metadata and also perform lifecycle operations within the Exadata CS cluster

OCI ExaCS: Error creating backup. Please contact Oracle support to determine and fix the problem

bkhalid
12 Jan 2022

Sometimes, the automatic backup of databases hosted on OCI Exadata Cloud Service (EXACS) fails with a generic error message shown on the Cloud Console UI. This post discusses one common cause and solution for this error.

Configure ORDS for Oracle APEX on Apache Tomcat

bkhalid
10 Jan 2022

This post describes the step which are needed additionally to use ORDS with Apache Tomcat instead of the basic ORDS standalone server. This will be done by adding the ORDS war file as a webapp in Apache Tomcat

How to install and configure Oracle APEX and ORDS server: Step-by-Step Guide

bkhalid
08 Jan 2022

This is a step-by-step guide to install Oracle APEX inside an Oracle database, and configure a separate machine as app server by installing and configuring Oracle Rest Data Services (ORDS)