Oracle VM suggestions for small firm.

We're a small IT services firm that's looking to expand it's virtual farm. While we're VMware certified, it's price point is pushing us out in favor of something else. For the last year, we have standarized on Oracle Linux so naturally Oracle VM is the next logical choice. We want to create a VM farm using Solaris as our SAN and Oracle VM as the hypervisor. Any suggestions to get our feet wet on a minimum budget?
Joe

Joe, I would suggest to start by reviewing the documentation, the requirments and design options are well documented. As well as a SAN you will need a NFS service. Also, if you are going with OVM x86, will not be able to use Solaris as the OVM server or OVM Manager, but guest support for Solaris is there. Try setting up a lab with two physical hosts running OVM server to create a pool and a third small machine to run the OVM Manger server (the OVM manager can be on in a VMware VM), I suggest 8 GB RAM for the OVM Manager. You may want to roll out the OEM plug in for OVM to get support for roles and other advance features.
Here's a good white paper for you to walk through:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/vm/ovm3-quick-start-guide-wp-516656.pdf?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen

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Need suggestion for small USB/FW camera for chat

I have an old (Tiger, PPC) laptop. My wife has an old (Panther, PPC) mini. I'm going on a trip and want to use Skype or iChat to be able to see the kids when we talk. Can someone suggest a camera USB/firewire camera which would be good for this purpose? I don't need too many fancy features but it would be nice if it weren't big and heavy (since I'll be traveling with mine). If it's on a flexible stick or mounts to the top of the monitor/laptop screen, that would be great. I see a bunch on Amazon but it's not clear which work with Panther/Tiger, which have Mac drivers, etc. Thank you!
Mike

Hi,
Yes and no (Again)
Any Camera is going to have to suit your Mac and it's input ports.
iUSBCam Utility only works for iChat.
It was originally designed to get the External iSight working on G3 computer less that 600Mghz.
Very quickly they added in the USB 1.1 camera option (At a push you could get a USB 1.1 camera to work n a G3/450Mghz processor as well)
It only works for iChat though. Or rather it is need for iChat as it manipulates the video from the camera into something iChat will accept.
I am not that sure if the current version of Skype will work with an older Camera.
If it does it will still need a Mac Driver for it if you only have USB 1.1 port on your computer.
There are two main Third Party Drivers out there for this (If the camera Manufacturer does not supply a Mac Driver)
Macam
and IOXperts
The IOXperts site does list a Firewire Driver for earlier OS versions (As it was not included originally) the OS has Firewire driver form about OS 10.2
They also state on their Site some restriction and workaround are needed for certain apps.
Summary.
The same info about camera types and Drivers still applies in the broadest sense.
You will not need the iSUBCam thing for Skype.
However I have not used Skype in some while and don't know if they still support USB 1.1 cameras.
NOTES
In theory as Skype does not produce such good a Video Pic as iChat it uses less processor power to create the Video stream.
However strangely this can have positive effects in lower Spec Machines as they can then produce a coherent Stream rather than something that breaks up due to their Processor not keeping up.
You seem to mention that you have Laptop running Tiger and the specs suggest this is a G4
What is the Mac Mini's processor.
Panther itself is not the limiting factor.
It is Input ports and availability of cameras to suit that.
Any G4 processor is going to let you have one to one chats - subject to the Internet Access at each end (Hotels can be a nightmare).
For the points
9:22 PM Monday; September 6, 2010
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Suggestion for small photo feature

I just got myself a nano and I think that the thumbnails of my photo albums on the iPod is a neat feature.
One thing is that while the display isn't any bigger, I think it is a waste to use space on a black background when viewing a picture that is taller than it is wide.
It is quite easy to turn the iPod 90 degrees while viewing the images, so a really neat feature (in my oppinion) would be an option in iTunes to turn the thumbnails of all images that are taller than they are wide 90 degrees before putting them on the iPod!
Sincerely,
/morten

Hi David,
Thanks for your suggestion, but my point is that I would like to have them turned properly in My Documents.
By default all photos in "My Documents" are copied to the iPod. This is very convenient for many, since this is where they keep their photo albums.
From you photo album you would of course like to have your pictures rotated so that up is up.
On your iPod, however, it is not so important how you need to turn the iPod (for me at least).
What is important (still for me) is that you only have 176 x 132 pixels to display your thumbnail. If the image is transferred 'standing up' you will only be using 132 x 99 pixels and thus I would prefer to have all images be rotated on the iPod, but not on the PC.
The convenience of having iTunes copying the images automatically from the photo album disappears if you have to maintain a separate copy of your photoalbum targeted specifically for the iPod.
Does this make sense?
Sincerely yours,
/morten

New Ipad User looking for some good CRM suggestions for small business

Hello All,
I am a new (and satisfied) Apple Ipad2 user. I am the sales rep for a small business that is in the health care field. I am looking for a good CRM program for the following reasons and I am wanting to know if there is a particular program that can provide any of these things for me:
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HI Ryan,
Did you find an app for CRM, one thing that I'm also curious about, you may need to find one that is HIPPA compliant.
James

UPS suggestions for small office

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You've just learned a hard lesson. Put your current energy into your education, not finding a way to wallow in ignorance.
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x

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Hi ADF experts,
Some one suggest,For Oracle ADF learners must having java knowledge ?
I am new to JAVA & ADF. But I want to learn Oracle ADF. Is java skills must to learn Oracle ADF.
I am Oracle BPM11g developer.So for Oracle BPM11g,Oracle ADF is front end for user interaction.
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Best Regards,
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It is Any suggestions for improving Oracle Tools GUI performance?

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Oracle:
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Other:
No non Oracle Java components installed (JDKs, JREs etc.)
Thanks

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Any Suggestions on Oracle Forms Book for Beginners?

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I want to learn Oracle Forms development. What book or references can you suggest for beginners like me?
Thanks in advance... :-)

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Suggestions for the Oracle Developer Tools for VS2005

I'd like to start a thread for constructive feedback of the Beta version of these Oracle Developer Tools for VS2005.
First off, check the known issues here before posting:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/dotnet/odt10202rn.html
So, here are my issues:
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Bruce
[email protected]

Request suggestions for PDF printing of forms such as paychecks, W2's

This question is on two levels. I see this as an up and coming project at work, and even there I doubt we will be purchasing BI Publisher as we are in cutback mode. More inportantly, for my own clients who want an application on the cheap. I have seen posts about PLPDF. I would consider it, but then I am not sure who could host the application with the condition of needing plpdf as a requirement.
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Thanks!
Ken Lee

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Thank you,
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Need suggestions for concurrent reads while deleting all entities

Hello,
we need some suggestions for the following use case, as we cannot seem to find the correct transaction locking combination to meet our needs.
We are using BDB JE 4.1.10, and the entityStore is transactional. In a nutshell, BDB JE is used as a Cache for specific data that is pulled and updated regularly from a source Oracle DB. The application that holds BDB is a realtimel app, and response time is critical.
In order to avoid having to merge (Insert/update/delete) entities for some of the tables that are very static and small (a few hundred records that might change every day or so), we are trying to simply delete all records (with an EntityCursor loop, since there is no 'deleteAll' that we could find) and reinsert all data every 5 minutes, and then committing when the whole process is complete. This should always be very quick, but we are not immune to timeouts from the source Oracle DB, so the transaction can be long.
Ideally, while the delete/insert is happening, we want any concurrent read operations to return the old data (before the delete). We have made a test that locks the updater thread between the 'delete all' and 'update all' methods, so that the delete cursor is closed, but the Tx is not yet commited. We have tried the following for our reader thread:
1- If we get() a deleted entity with a LockMode.READ_UNCOMMITTED, we get a null entity back.
2- If we get() a deleted entity with LockMode.READ_COMMITTED, we get a LockTimeoutException.
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Any ideas, suggestions on how we could do this in a simple manner?
Thanks,
Max

Hello Max,
I understand the issue you're describing.
I think the best performing solution by far is to load the new data into new databases while servicing reads from the old databases. When the load is complete, reads can be diverted to the new databases, and the old databases can then be removed.
Unfortunately, this is easier to do with the base API than with the DPL, because the DPL is managing the underlying (base API level) databases for you.
However, even using the DPL, this approach could be very straightforward if you happen to be keeping this data set (the one that needs to be reloaded) in a separate EntityStore, or you can change your application to do so. If so, you can create a new (empty) EntityStore with a different name and use this store for loading the new data. When the load is complete, divert reads to the new EntityStore object and remove all databases for the old EntityStore.
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--mark

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Chris,
Like I said, Im relatively new to PhotoShop and PS forum. I have researched the PS manual, PS help topics and this forum. I am not an individual that would ask a question of hard-working volunteers about a subject that I have not already researched. And yes, I know and understand what FAQs are and how they are generally presented on the web.
Huh? The FAQ section is for administrators to add things to, not users. If you have a question, you ask in the main forum. If many people ask the same question, then the administrators add an entry to the FAQ.
Okay if this is true, how was I able to post a message? I wasnt aware that I couldnt post a FAQ suggestion to the FAQ suggestion Forum? Hmm, maybe I missed the
small print on that one.
Look ... I do NOT want to create any hostility with you. You have given me some answers and I appreciate your comments. I will go back and "wade through" all of the forums to look for basic or frequent problems that may answer some frequent questions.
Cheers!
Dennis

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