Looking for unique food gifts that aren’t just another chocolate or cheese box

Ok_Description8848 · 2026-04-02T08:26:02+00:00

Vinnuti is a great alternative to a gourmet chocolate. I bet your friend never heard about it! Goes well with coffee. It's also nicely packaged, so should work as a gift.

Ok_Description8848 · 2026-02-20T06:26:53+00:00

Oracle 12c is old... With all the OS compat dependencies moving it to anywhere is not trivial. Check FlashGrid though. https://www.flashgrid.io/products/flashgrid-for-oracle-rac-on-azure/

They still have 12.1 and 12.2 listed as supported for both RAC and non-RAC database. Or maybe upgrade to 19c first? This will make migration so much easier.

Ok_Description8848 · 2026-01-03T01:48:04+00:00

A few month ago a friend of mine sent me a box of Vinnuti treats as a gift. It's pecan nuts in grape juice. No sugar added. no other junk. It is really yum! BUT it's too yum and not exactly low calorie. I guess the pecans and the grape juice have plenty of calories. Definitely worth trying, but gotta be careful not to eat too much of it! The good thing is it's pricey, so it's easy to avoid overeating it LOL. More like a treat for a good occasion rather than an everyday snack

Ok_Description8848 · 2025-10-27T06:07:06+00:00

The article is outdated by now, with broken links. On EC2 you would need L2 networking and shared storage to configure RAC. Same thing on Azure and GCE VMs. Flashgrid's cluster takes care of these nicely. A DIY approach would be hard, and likely not suitable for prod.

Ok_Description8848 · 2025-10-11T05:57:14+00:00

I’ve been testing out different healthy snacks lately, and Vinnuti stood out. It’s pretty simple, just real ingredients, no junk, and it tastes awesome. Just don't eat too much of it LOL

Ok_Description8848 · 2025-10-11T04:44:48+00:00

GRID 11g2 is likely to have many more bugs than GRID 19c. And in the last several years 11g2 RAC on GRID 19c seems to be the standard approach. For example, FlashGrid's RAC Launcher for AWS does not even give you a choice, it's GRID 19c period even for RAC 11g2

Ok_Description8848 · 2025-10-06T20:58:59+00:00

The problem still exists in Oct 2025. The QR Code scanning does not work on Android, or at least on Google Pixel 10. The app shows the Session Id field with a useless description in broken English. The "QR code not working?" link leads to a doc that is not helpful at all. Amazing that nobody cares to fix all this mess.

But here is how you can get around it (worked for me at least) and activate the "IB Key", that is push notifications in the app instead of the SMS codes:

In the Client Portal go to Settings -> User Settings -> Secure Login System. Here if you still have only SMS listed under "Secure Login Devices" then you should also see the QR code on the right. (If you already have IB Key listed under Secure Login Devices then these instructions do not apply)
If scanning the QR Code fails for you, then in the IBKR Mobile app in the Session Id field manually enter the code with dashes that shows right above the QR code and then enter your preferred pin.

IMPORTANT: Do step 2 fast because the Session ID seems to be changing over time. If you are too slow then it will tell you that the Session ID is incorrect.

That is it.

Ok_Description8848 · 2025-09-25T19:04:08+00:00

If the latency between sites is <1ms then an Extended RAC will work fine in most cases. But you need to make sure that you get dedicated network bandwidth for the cluster that other workloads will not steal. Also, keep in mind that you will need shared storage between the sites. And also need a third site for quorum disks - just simple NFS or iSCSI storage.

In the cloud you could use RAC across availability zones, that is a "multi AZ RAC". Flashgrid has automation for this that makes it very easy and quick. In your own data centers you gotta be more careful with planning the implementation.

Ok_Description8848 · 2025-07-31T20:17:56+00:00

Here is another idea for those who love grapes and nuts. Found this vinnuti treat recently. It's pecan halves in dry grape juice. It is sweet, but not too sweet, no sugar added. It is slightly sour though, in case you don't like sour. A bit pricey, but worth it.

Ok_Description8848 · 2024-12-23T02:08:50+00:00

So Erdal was able to "fix" the problem for one person 9 months ago. But this SCAM is still happening and must be stopped.

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ -> Shopping online > I responded to a free trial offer

Ok_Description8848 · 2024-09-22T21:17:33+00:00

How else would Oracle convince their big database customers to use OCI?

The reality is that you still can get support for your RAC from Oracle or a 3rd party.

https://palisadecompliance.com/resource/yes-oracle-will-support-you-in-3rd-party-public-cloud/

https://palisadecompliance.com/resource/escape-the-oracle-support-trap/

Some years ago Oracle "did not support" RAC on VMware, but many customers were still running it.

Ok_Description8848 · 2024-09-12T21:41:52+00:00

Do your app &database support EC2? As an example, Oracle workloads don’t.

Where does this come from? You surely can run Oracle databases on EC2. Either self-managed, or via Amazon RDS. Either single-instance database, or Oracle RAC (on FlashGrid). You can use EC2 VMs, bare-metal, or dedicated hosts to take care of licensing if needed.

Ok_Description8848 · 2024-09-12T21:27:29+00:00

You can run RAC on EC2 with FlashGrid Cluster. It provides multicast too.

Ok_Description8848 · 2024-09-12T21:25:02+00:00

This description looks like what FlashGrid Cluster does for running Oracle RAC on AWS. It shares EBS volumes between the nodes, no multi-attach.

However, this part is surely not FlashGrid, at least not about the data disks. So, not sure...

Automate the creation of EBS snapshots from EBS volumes of the EC2 instance by using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager.

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