Re: The black box approach
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 18:39:22 +1100
Message-ID: <o3qhcl$ulk$1_at_dont-email.me>
On 26/12/2016 12:59 _at_wiz, Mladen Gogala wrote:
>
> Hi Noons,
> I am mostly having fun. Here is my post from today:
>
> On 12/25/2016 12:43 AM, Tim Gorman wrote:
Oh boy, talk about Oakies"... :)
Never seen that one write anything technical that didn't involve calling
anyone non-Oakie as a "bad dba". Apparently the only "good dbas" are
the Oakies, even though the vast majority of them never had to be
responsible and run a production site day after day for years and live
with the consequences of their decisions. It's always hit-and-run
con-sultancy with those...
>>>> Explaining those features is the least I could do for an Oracle ACE.
>>
>> Actually, the least you could do is explain them correctly.
>>
>> You started off OK in describing the Oracle in-memory implementation as
> a column store, which is easy enough since it is. And you should have
> stopped there.
>>
>> Instead, you veered into the weeds with an odd analogy to bitmap
>> indexes, which indicates either unfamiliarity with in-memory column
>> stores, or with bitmap indexes, or both. There is nothing to suggest
>> the method, the manner, the usage, or the impact of bitmap indexes in
>> any in-memory column store implementation.
>>
> Actually, I didn't come up with that analogy. The credit goes to another
> Oracle ACE, soon to be retired:
>
> https://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/12c-in-memory/
Oooops....
you "bad dba", you...
:)))
>
> With the in-memory columnar copy you should be able to drop many “DSS
> indexes”, thus improving OLTP response times – in effect the in-memory
> stuff behaves a bit like non-persistent bitmap indexing.
>
> I can see that you disagree with such a description, but I cannot claim
> the authorship. I am glad you recognized that as a falsehood from a mile
> away and I am sure you will be able to correct the author.
or send them a kevlar flame suit!
(I better not go there given I've been accused of "physically
threatening" his lady even though I haven't been in the US since the
mid-80s and never met her or him.
Ah well, the mind boggles at so much technical "knowledge" and "ability".
> Last but certainly not least, I wish you a merry Christmas.
;) Received on Mon Dec 26 2016 - 08:39:22 CET