Overview
Main description
Learn cutting-edge technology from Oracle experts
Written by Oracle insiders, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about Real Application Clusters -- low-cost hardware platforms that can rival and exceed the quality of service, availability, and scalability of the most expensive mainframe systems.
- Concepts covered are applicable to all previous versions of Oracle
- Tuning and troubleshooting tips, providing insight on the most advanced diagnostics available
- Detailed coverage of advanced RAC concepts
- Working code for all examples available online
Table of contents
Part I: High Availability Architecture and ClustersChapter 1: Introduction to High Availability and ScalabilityChapter 2: Clustering Basics and HistoryChapter 3: RAC ArchitecturePart II: Installation, Configuration, and StorageChapter 4: RAC PreinstallationChapter 5: RAC InstallationChapter 6: Automatic Storage ManagementPart III: RAC Administration and ManagementChapter 7: RAC Basic AdministrationChapter 8: RAC Advanced AdministrationChapter 9: RAC Backup and RecoveryChapter 10: RAC Performance ManagementPart IV: Advanced Concepts in RACChapter 11: Global Resource DirectoryChapter 12: A Closer Look at Cache FusionChapter 13: Workload and Connection ManagementChapter 14: RAC TroubleshootingPart V: Deploying RACChapter 15: RAC ExtensionsChapter 16: Developing Applications for RACAPPENDIX A: RAC REFERENCEAPPENDIX B: ADDING AND REMOVING CLUSTER NODESAPPENDIX C: REFERENCESINDEX
Author comments
K Gopalakrishnan (Gopal) is a senior principal consultant with the Advanced Technology Services group at Oracle Corporation, specializing exclusively in performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery. He is a recognized expert in Oracle RAC and Database Internals and has used his extensive expertise in solving many vexing performance issues all across the world for telecom giants, banks, financial institutions, and universities. Gopal has more than a decade of Oracle expertise backed by an engineering degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Madras, India.
Gopal has previously co-authored an award-winning Oracle Press book, Oracle Wait Interface: A Practical Guide to Performance Diagnostics and Tuning. He was awarded an Editor's Choice award for Oracle Author of the Year by Oracle Magazine in 2005. Gopal was also chosen as an Oracle ACE by Oracle Technology Network (http://oracle.com/technology/index.html) in 2006.
Back cover copy
Learn to Implement Oracle Real Application Clusters Technology from the Ground Up
Maximize database availability, scalability, and efficiency using Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and the in-depth information contained in this Oracle Press guide. Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters Handbook explains RAC concepts, administration, tuning, and troubleshooting. Inside, you'll learn how to prepare and create Oracle RAC databases and servers, and automate administrative tasks. You'll also get full coverage of cutting-edge Oracle RAC diagnostic tools, backup and recovery procedures, performance tweaks, and custom application design strategies.
- Install, configure, and administer Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters
- Use Automatic Storage Management and manage the disk groups
- Administer Oracle RAC databases and instances, and manage the Services voting disk
- Implement workload management, intelligent load balancing, and Transparent Application Failover (TAF)
- Execute RAC backup and recovery operations
- Analyze and tune performance using AWR and AWR reports
- Understand the internals of lock and resource management in RAC
- Troubleshoot Oracle RAC databases with LMON traces, LMD traces, and alert logs
- Design and debug applications that run on Oracle Real Application Clusters
