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MySQL 5.6 security vs ease of use

(Peter Zaitsev) MySQL 5.6 surely changes the game when it comes to security vs ease of use. Before MySQL 5.6 we would get default MySQL installation being pretty insecure – the user “root” will be created with no password as well as anonymous user with limited access from local host (though still en

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Oracle 12c enqueue waits

(Gerald Venzl) Just as with the new Oracle 12c lock types it’s time to take a quick look at the new enqueue waits in 12c. Oracle 11.2.0.3 had a total of 304 enqueue waits. 12c has a total of 418. A lot of work seems also to have happened on ASM in this release. The amount of new enqueues per […]