Survey: Hardware usually causes Oracle database woes
Faulty hardware, not hackers, caused most of the unplanned downtime experienced by Oracle databases in the past year, according to the results of a recent survey by the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG).
Despite the growing need for round-the-clock availability, more than seven out of 10 Oracle databases were down for more than an hour in the past year, according to the IOUG's April survey, which included 265 members -- most of them database administrators, developers or managers.
It wasn't natural disasters, power outages or security breaches that were behind most incidents, according to the survey. Security incidents led to only 1 percent of unplanned database outages. Power outages and natural disasters accounted for just 7 percent and 4 percent of unplanned database outages, respectively.
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Despite the growing need for round-the-clock availability, more than seven out of 10 Oracle databases were down for more than an hour in the past year, according to the IOUG's April survey, which included 265 members -- most of them database administrators, developers or managers.
It wasn't natural disasters, power outages or security breaches that were behind most incidents, according to the survey. Security incidents led to only 1 percent of unplanned database outages. Power outages and natural disasters accounted for just 7 percent and 4 percent of unplanned database outages, respectively.
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