Deep Dive into DBFS
Track
Database & Infrastructure
Date and time
Thursday, 13. October 2022., 14:30
Room
Hall A
Duration
45'
Oracle offers different ways to store and provide binary files. The most known ways are the storage in a BLOB field directly in the database or just as a reference to an external file in the file system via a BFILE field. In this presentation, I would like to deep dive into the Database Files System (DBFS). This feature allows access to files stored in the database from outside the database using different access methods, including the option to use an operating system mount point.The presentation will cover the following topics: - Configuration and Usage of DBFS - How does it work under the hood - Supported storage providers (including the creation of a custom provider) - Client access methods - Performance tests…
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About speaker
Christian Gohmann, author
Christian Gohmann is currently working as Principal Consultant and Instructor at Trivadis - Part of Accenture in Dusseldorf, Germany. His main focus lies in helping customers in the areas of architecture planning, implementation, and migration - with a specialization in high availability solutions, like Data Guard, Oracle RAC.Since 2006, Christian Gohmann is working with Oracle and the Oracle Database and was part of a huge amount of different projects for customers in the German-speaking areas. Besides his consultancy activities, he is the main developer and the responsible person for db*BACKUP - a product distributed by Trivadis, which is responsible for the intelligent backup and recovery of an Oracle database.In his spare time, he shares his knowledge on his blog https://www.christian-gohmann.de and spends as much time as possible with his two dogs Susi and Taran, and for his hobbies climbing/bouldering, hiking, and watching movies.