Oracle is pushing Exadata 2 as being a great system for any of OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing), data warehousing or, presumably, the integration of same. This claim rests on a few premises, namely: Exadata is great for data warehousing. At this time, that’s a claim much better supported by marketing and theory than by practice. … Continue reading Thoughts on the integration of OLTP and data warehousing, especially in Exadata 2