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Ludovico Caldara
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🚫 Data Loss - 💯 Uptime - 🛡️ Data Guard Product Manager at ⭕ #OracleMAA - 💡Opinions are my own - 🏐🏔️🚵🏂🎶👨‍💻🕹️
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Find the Oracle Data Guard's latest technical deck here:
www.ludovicocaldara.net/dba/slides/o...
More than 200 slides of technical content cover almost all aspects and features, including 23ai new features.
Oracle (Active) Data Guard – Master Technical Slide Deck
This is the most recent and comprehensive technical slide deck for Active Data Guard.Download the slides here.
www.ludovicocaldara.net
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
New Blog Post: Exadata AI Smart Scan Deep Dive

Deep dive into my latest post and video on the #Exadata PM blog and discover how #AI #Smart #Scan accelerates #Oracle #Database #23ai AI #Vector Search workloads!

blogs.oracle.com/exadata/post...
blogs.oracle.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Claude, using the SQLcl MCP server, tried vector search with the search embedding generated on-the-fly by the ONNX runtime inside my Oracle 23ai Active Data Guard standby.
Claude is impressed.
August 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
💬 My latest post on the Maximum Availability Architecture Blog explains how Oracle Active Data Guard is an extraordinary and flexible solution for scalability 📈, allowing both conventional and AI workloads to scale and perform at their best.
🔍 Read more: blogs.oracle.com/maa/post/app...
blogs.oracle.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The DGMGRL command SHOW CONFIGURATION VERBOSE won't trigger a health check anymore starting with 23.9. More details here:
www.ludovicocaldara.net/dba/show-con...
SHOW CONFIGURATION VERBOSE changes in 23.9 - DBA survival BLOG
Traditionally, the DGMGRL command SHOW CONFIGURATION VERBOSE not only retrieved detailed configuration information but also triggered a health check. The health check operation can be resource-intensi...
www.ludovicocaldara.net
August 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
The latest #Oracle #Exadata System Software maintenance updates for 25.1 and 24ai (24.1) have just been released! For full details, visit the @exadatapm.bsky.social PM Blog.

blogs.oracle.com/exadata/post...
blogs.oracle.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
🚨 Hot off the Press! 🚨

Excited about the powerful new #Oracle Database Snapshot and Cloning features now available with #Exadata #Exascale? Don’t miss out—get the latest #MAA Best Practices Guide and start cloning with confidence!

A huge thank you to the incredible MAA and Engineering teams!
www.oracle.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It’s heartbreaking that fantastic bands like The Bobby Lees can’t survive in a streaming economy that rewards algorithms over artistry. I’d rather pay more if it meant my money actually went to the artists I love, not industry execs and playlist puppeteers. 🎸💔
hudsonvalleyone.com/2023/11/08/t...
The Bobby Lees plays what might be their last Woodstock show - Hudson Valley One
What use is being a rising star in the music industry when major labels and tech companies are black holes sucking all the money out of the room?
hudsonvalleyone.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Use the Broker, Luke! 🪄
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj6h...
A Coffee with Ludo - Use the Data Guard Broker!
YouTube video by Ludovico Caldara
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Oracle Data Guard switchover and failover have changed from 19c to 23ai.
🎥 This short video lists the main steps of a Database switchover in Oracle Data Guard 19c and compares them to a 23ai switchover.
Spoil alert: in 23ai, we make it significantly faster. 🏎️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOEd...
Oracle Data Guard Switchover Changes in 23ai
YouTube video by Oracle Database Product Management
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
ONLY TODAY! To celebrate Luiza's birthday, we're sharing a 25% discount code for the #POUG2025 tickets.

Why 25%? Because 34 doesn't sound so good. 🙁

It's the cheapest you can get our tickets. Code is valid until midnight. Go get them!
poug2025.konfeo.com/en/groups
March 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Oracle 23ai JDBC driver supports transparent redirection to the True Cache service, which can be served by either a True Cache instance or an Active Data Guard standby Database 🤓
Read more here 👇
blogs.oracle.com/maa/post/tru...
blogs.oracle.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Oracle CloudWorld Tour is a big success in Paris!
March 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
Discover how #Oracle #Exadata #X11M delivers extreme performance and cost-effective storage on-premises and in the cloud. Learn how intelligent, database-aware software and features like #XRMEM and Exadata Smart Flash Cache optimize performance and scalability for modern workloads.
blogs.oracle.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Imagination is the limit! 🤯
Oracle Database 23.6 added sessionless transactions

These enable you to:

Start a transaction in session 1
Suspend it
Resume the transaction in session 2
Complete it in session 2

This allows the app to release DB connections while doing other work mid-transaction
February 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
The latest #Oracle #Exadata System Software Updates for 25.1, 24ai (24.1), 23.1, and 22.1 are now available. Details on the @OracleExadata PM Blog site - blogs.oracle.com/exadata/post...
January 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This winter break I'm finally doing... winter activities! Time to recharge the batteries and get ready for 2025 ☺️
December 27, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
I think this is the Oracle database weekend ;-)
Now playing with ORDS and JSON-Relational Duality views. Awesome stuff!
December 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Happy birthday to me 🥳
December 18, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
New - or updated - event

ITOUG Tech Day 2025

on www.clocwise.org.
CfP ends on 02-FEB-2025, but dont wait and head over to https://sessionize.com/itoug-tech-day-2025/ now and submit!

#ITOUG25
December 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM
🎶 My 2024 in music:
I've listened to 788 hours of music (>2h per day).
1171 different artists (109 discovered this year).

Top 5:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Oranssi Pazuzu
Colour Haze
IDLES
PJ Harvey

Deezer ranks my tastes "Super Niche" (less than 1% mainstream). That's a good stat 🤘
December 5, 2024 at 3:37 PM
❤️ #java23
November 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
I really enjoy presentations by @ludovico.bsky.social . He has references to all data sources/research the information is from. This kind on presentation requires a huge knowledge and a lot of work. Fantastic! #kudos
November 20, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Ludovico Caldara
Hey! Where did everyone go? They're focused on @ludovico.bsky.social talking about Oracle Data Guard 23ai.
November 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM
📣📽️ Fresh new video 📽️:
Oracle Active Data Guard 🛡️ Far Sync 👨‍🏫
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYJ...

Yet to be published on oracle.com, but I think BlueSky deserves some premiere content 😁
Oracle Active Data Guard: Far Sync
YouTube video by Oracle Database Product Management
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I'm happy to report that starting this week, @bsky.app will be my Twitter of choice 🙃
November 5, 2024 at 10:36 AM