Oracle 24x7 Tips and Techniques (Oracle Press) - Softcover

Devraj, Venkat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072119993 ISBN 13: 9780072119992

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1999

Synopsis

Today's global e-commerce marketplace requires Web-enabled databases that can collect and process customer orders 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Oracle DBAs handling 24x7 operations need a resource of strategies that shows them how to minimize database downtime. This is the only book on the market specialising in 24x7 mode with complete coverage of Oracle 8i. Designed for every Oracle DBA, developer, and architect, this book highlights innovative solutions that are either hidden, undocumented, or can only be discovered through many years of experience or through extensive trial and error. Oracle 24x7 Tips & Techniques provides hundreds of real-world examples and insider secrets for accomplishing around-the-clock database availability, making it possible for your organisation--and its Web site--to be fully operational at all times.

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Review:

Maintaining near flawless database uptime is the source of much anxiety for countless database administrators. In Oracle 24x7 Tips & Techniques, Venkat S. Devraj has compiled an unprecedented collection of guidelines and suggestions as a "working Oracle professional's book on high availability".

Although it is the author's aim to avoid detailed theory and focus on practical solutions to the problem, the early portions of the book contain some high-level topics such as defining your organisation's exact uptime requirements and precisely characterising what constitutes an emergency for your installation. These areas are often quickly glossed over in other guides but the presentation here is precise and quite useful in striving for the holy grail of 24-hour uptime.

The meat of the book is a series of targeted techniques for architecting a truly reliable system. Devraj looks at it all--from hardware to operating systems to internal configurations of Oracle and wise maintenance procedures. He does a wonderful job of putting each topic in perspective with explanations of exactly what impact each strategy will have.

There's a plethora of useful information here. However, it is decidedly aimed at seasoned Oracle professionals. New Oracle users and administrators may find themselves lost, but more-expert Oracle jockeys will be grateful for this material. --Stephen W. Plain, Amazon.com

Topics covered: Hardware component selection, operating systems and network issues, application analysis, installation and configuration, upgrades, migrations, backup and recovery procedures, database maintenance, growth management, log interpretation, corruption identification, Oracle Parallel Server, advanced replication, and third-party solutions.

Synopsis:

Oracle database administrators in charge of "24x7" operations need strategies that minimize database downtime. This guide covers areas of database installation, configuration, security, performance and recoverability, and aims to help administrators keep systems online continuously.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0072119993
• ISBN 13: 9780072119992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512