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Performance problems are rarely "problems" per se. They are more often "crises" during which you re pressured for results by a manager standing outside your cubicle while your phone rings with queries from the help desk. You won t have the time for a leisurely perusal of the manuals, nor to lean back and read a book on theory. What you need in that situation is a book of solutions, and solutions are precisely what Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes delivers.
Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes is a ready reference for database administrators in need of immediate help with performance issues relating to Oracle Database. The book takes an example-based approach, wherein each chapter covers a specific problem domain. Within each chapter are "recipes," showing by example how to perform common tasks in that chapter s domain. Solutions in the recipes are backed by clear explanations of background and theory from the author team. Whatever the task, if it s performance-related, you ll probably find a recipe and a solution in this book.
- Provides proven solutions to real-life Oracle performance problems
- Offers relevant background and theory to support each solution
- Written by a team of experienced database administrators successful in their careers
Sommario
- Optimizing Table Performance
- Choosing and Optimizing Indexes
- Optimizing Instance Memory
- Monitoring System Performance
- Minimizing System Contention
- Analyzing Operating System Performance
- Troubleshooting the Database
- Creating Efficient SQL
- Manually Tuning SQL
- Tracing SQL Execution
- Automated SQL Tuning
- Execution Plan Optimization and Consistency
- Configuring the Optimizer
- Implementing Query Hints
- Executing SQL in Parallel
Info autore
Sam Alapati is an Oracle DBA for the Boy Scouts of America, working at their national office in Los Colinas, Texas. Prior to this, Sam worked at Sabre, NBC as well as Oracle Corporation as a Senior Principal Consultant in New York City. Sam has previously published Expert Oracle9i Database Administration, Expert Oracle Database 10g Administration, Oracle Database 11g RMAN Recipes(with Darl Kuhn and Arup Nanda) and Oracle Database 11g New Features(with Charles Kim), all for Apress, as well as two Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certification books for Oracle Press. Sam has been working with relational databases since 1985, starting with the Ingres database. Sam holds the OCP certification for Oracle DBAs as well as the HP-UX System Administrator certification.
Darl Kuhn, an Oracle DBA and software developer with 18 years experience, is a senior DBA with Sun Microsystems. Before joining Sun, his work as a consultant ranged from database administration to custom application development. Darl is a coauthor of the Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference book, and has written several articles for Oracle Magazine. He is an affiliate professor at Regis University where he teaches Oracle courses for the graduate department of Computer Information Technology. For the past nine years, Darl has served as a volunteer DBA and developer for the Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group. Darl has an MBA from Colorado State University and currently lives in Littleton, Colorado.
Riassunto
Performance problems are rarely "problems" per se. They are more often "crises" during which you’re pressured for results by a manager standing outside your cubicle while your phone rings with queries from the help desk. You won’t have the time for a leisurely perusal of the manuals, nor to lean back and read a book on theory. What you need in that situation is a book of solutions, and solutions are precisely what Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes delivers.
Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes is a ready reference for database administrators in need of immediate help with performance issues relating to Oracle Database. The book takes an example-based approach, wherein each chapter covers a specific problem domain. Within each chapter are "recipes," showing by example how to perform common tasks in that chapter’s domain. Solutions in the recipes are backed by clear explanations of background and theory from the author team. Whatever the task, if it’s performance-related, you’ll probably find a recipe and a solution in this book.
- Provides proven solutions to real-life Oracle performance problems
- Offers relevant background and theory to support each solution
- Written by a team of experienced database administrators successful in their careers
