Oracle Database 18c RAC On Oracle Linux 7 Using VirtualBox and Vagrant

This article describes the "hands-off" installation of Oracle Database 18c RAC on Oracle Linux 7 using VirtualBox and Vagrant with no additional shared disk devices.

◈ TL;DR

If you are comfortable with VirtualBox, Vagrant and RAC you might want to jump straight to the GitHub repository and use the basic instructions here.

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IBM Db2 Query Optimization Using AI

In September 2018, IBM announced a new product, IBM Db2 AI for z/OS. This artificial intelligence engine monitors data access patterns from executing SQL statements, uses machine learning algorithms to decide on optimal patterns and passes this information to the Db2 query optimizer for use by subsequent statements.

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