Riley McArdle

There’s a great post on the Oracle E-Business Suite Technology blog that explains how the JDBC connection pools for the Oracle eBusiness Suite work, how to configure them, monitor them and troubleshoot problems. There’s also an excellent diagram of the tiered architecture of Oracle eBusiness Suite.

Understanding Oracle JDBC Connections From the eBusiness Middle Tier via Oracle E-Business Suite Technology

VMware has announced an ultra-thin enterprise virtualization solution called VMware ESX Server 3i that fits into 32MB of flash. It can be installed on a USB flash drive or can be integrated right into the server by hardware vendors.

It is remotely managed by VirtualCenter Management Server. New ESX 3i servers are automatically discovered, configured and provisioned. Need more virtualization capacity? Step 1, buy a server with ESX 3i built in. Step 2, plug it in. Step 3, you’re done! This is a revolutionary. VMware continues to show their innovation and dominance in the market by releasing features like this. Microsoft is years behind with their virtualization efforts.

And the best part of this new technology, it will be included in future versions of VMware Infrastructure 3. Which means it will be free for existing customers. You can choose either to install the standard ESX 3 server or the ultra-thin ESX 3i server.

Meet the Next Generation of Virtual Infrastructure Technology via TechGripe
VMware goes flash with 3i via tech.nocr.at