Oracle9i RAC: Oracle Real Application Clusters Configuration and...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 606 pages
• Published by: Rampant Techpress
• Edition: 1st Edition August 1, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0972751300
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0972751308
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 2.1 pounds

Product Description
A reference for RAC and TAF technology, this book demonstrates how to optimize Oracle clustered server environments for optimal performance and flexibility. Covering all areas of RAC continuous availability and transparent application failover, this book is indispensable for Oracle DBAs who are responsible for configuring and implementing RAC clusters databases. The secrets for successful design of RAC clusters and the expert internals of shared disk technology, raw devices, and RAID with RAC are described. The internal concurrency and PCM locking mechanisms within RAC are exposed, and the configuration of Transparent Application Failover is explained. Also provided are tips for monitoring and tuning RAC applications and tricks for using Oracle9i RAC Cluster Guard.


About The Author
Mike Ault is a senior technical management consultant with TUSC, holds five Oracle master certificates, and is the author of 14 Oracle-related books. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Madhu Tumma has been a software developer, IT manager, database administrator, and technical consultant and has worked on a wide variety of projects and environments, including mainframe, client-server, eBusiness, and managed services. He has consulted a variety of clients on database clusters, business continuity, and high availability solutions. He is a frequent speaker at Oracle World and IOUG, where he presented many technical papers. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.


Reader Reviews
The book is 600 pages and only forty of them involve RAC administration. The rest are mostly explanations of the theory and the workings of Oracle RAC. Most of the information in this book can be obtained either through the metalink or other websites. The book is good if you would like to expand your knowledge of RAC. But its lack of details on "how to" install, troubleshoot, configure, and manage RAC makes this book less than ideal for Oracle DBAs. Finally, although the author(s) are obviously good writers, their writing style is more suited for a novel. Their smooth but wordy and banal prose makes it exceedingly easy to miss important points regarding Oracle RAC. Comment | | (Report this)