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CockroachDB Cluster on a VirtualBox VM
CockroachDB Cluster on a VirtualBox VM
This guide explains how to set up a demonstration/evaluation CockroachDB cluster using a single VirtualBox virtual machine to run 3 CockroachDB database nodes.
I've got nothing. NULL handling in CockroachDB
I've got nothing. NULL handling in CockroachDB
Not all SQL databases are created equal. Let's see how CockroachDB handles NULL values.
Shared Folders in VirtualBox
Shared Folders in VirtualBox
VirtualBox Shared Folders are a great but often under-utilized feature. He's how I use it to make my virtual machines even better.
Are you good with a Hammer?
Are you good with a Hammer?
If you’re good with a hammer, don’t think everything’s a nail.
ELUA – Don’t even try to make that product work!
ELUA – Don’t even try to make that product work!
Does anybody ever read those end-user license agreements?
Oracle Physical or Logical Replication? – Consider the options
Oracle Physical or Logical Replication? – Consider the options
Oracle physical and logical replication are two very different approaches but they may offer alternative solutions to the same problem.
Introduction to Oracle Supplemental Logging for Logical Replication
Introduction to Oracle Supplemental Logging for Logical Replication
Supplemental logging is a pre-requisite requirement for all redo log based logical replication products that I'm familiar with, and here's why.
30 Years of Cell Phones
30 Years of Cell Phones
Looking back over 30 years of cell phones.
Me and 3.5 million others
Me and 3.5 million others
My first London commuter experience.