Natarajan Shankar
Principal Product Manager
Shankar is a Product Manager for Oracle Exadata and has been working with Exadata on-prem since April 2024. Shankar has a strong technical background and experience with Data Networking (Cisco), Data Storage and Virtualization (EMC), Cloud IaaS and PaaS (IBM), and more recently with Algorithms (CyberAtomics) and Data Streaming Technologies and Ad Processing Pipelines (Nielsen, Roku).
Recent Blogs
Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant Command Line Interface - OEDACLI
OEDACLI is enabled on Exadata Database Servers and is the command-line utility that is used to configure and manage lifecycle tasks on Exadata. OEDACLI supplements OEDA with lifecycle management (such as adding or removing nodes, databases, database home directories, disk groups, and storage cells). OEDACLI complements the capabilities of OEDA and can be used for tasks that involve configuration/provisioning, management, patching, monitoring, and cloud integration.
Exadata Smart Flash Cache Series: Part I - A Recap
This blog initiates the Exadata Technology Series, intended to highlight one critical technology component within the Exadata platform and explain the inner workings of specific platform capabilities that this chosen component is responsible for. The highlighted component in this blog is the Exadata Smart Flash Cache.
Oracle Cloud World 2024 Recap - Exadata Core Technologies
Oracle Cloud World 2024 Recap - Exadata Core Technologies
Exadata Live Update improves Exadata Database Server Availability and Security
Exadata Live Update is an awesome new capability in Exadata System Software 24ai (24.1) that is used to update kernel/system packages, user space packages and Exadata packages on Exadata Database Servers and keep the servers online during the update. With the ability to do online updates, including updates to address security vulnerabilities, the Exadata Live Update capability is an operationally valuable contributor to database server availability and security.
Your Exadata Program at Oracle CloudWorld 2024
Check out the awesome Exadata related sessions in this easy to access program for Oracle CloudWorld 2024! See you there!