An Oracle Interview: Building a Better Database Machine | Database Journal

An Oracle Interview: Building a Better Database Machine

Jan 5, 2010
1 minute read

Tom Haunert, Oracle Magazine editor in chief had time to ask Juan Loaiza, senior vice president of systems technology at Oracle a few questions about Oracle Exadata V2 and the Sun Oracle Database Machine. The interview included the following questions but go to Building a Better Database Machine to check out the answers.

  • What are the key technology innovations in Oracle Exadata V2 and the Sun Oracle Database Machine?
  • What’s new in intelligent storage in Oracle Exadata V2?
  • How does Oracle’s Hybrid Columnar Compression work?
  • What’s new and innovative about the Flash technology in Oracle Exadata V2?
  • How can OLTP [online transaction processing] customers benefit from Oracle Exadata V2?
  • How do storage and performance compare between Oracle Exadata V1 and Oracle Exadata V2?
Database Journal Logo

DatabaseJournal.com publishes relevant, up-to-date and pragmatic articles on the use of database hardware and management tools and serves as a forum for professional knowledge about proprietary, open source and cloud-based databases--foundational technology for all IT systems. We publish insightful articles about new products, best practices and trends; readers help each other out on various database questions and problems. Database management systems (DBMS) and database security processes are also key areas of focus at DatabaseJournal.com.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.