Oracle 10g RAC Grid, Services & Clustering

Oracle 10g RAC Grid, Services & Clustering

Publisher: Digital Press
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: 2006-05-25
Sales Rank: 144704
ISBN / ASIN: 1555583210
EAN: 9781555583217
Binding: Paperback
Manufacturer: Digital Press
Studio: Digital Press
Average Rating: 4.5

Grid architecture is Oracles strategy for high-end computing and RAC is the stepping stone into this arena. This book focuses on current technology including all valid RAC features up through Oracle Database 10g Release 2, with a primary focus on deploying it in a high-end grid environment. The book discusses this technology at length which users will find beneficial when researching, implementing or monitoring a RAC environment. The author covers workshop implementation of services and the distribution of workload across instances, with threshold definitions and the new load balancing algorithms. In addition it includes detailed discussions on ASM that complements the implementation of RAC in Oracle Grid strategy. The book also includes discussions on new Oracle Clusterware, its components and its integration with RAC.

Oracle 10g RAC focuses on RAC-specific topics including ASM, operating system configuration, installation and configuration of RAC and much more. Coverage includes network configuration for high availability, FAN, TAF, ONS, implementation of maximum availability architecture (MAA), EM Grid Control, AWR, ADDM and other performance-related tools. The author includes several scripts for performance tuning and implementation that the reader can use to configure a RAC environment either on a 2, 4, 8, 60 or 99 node configuration.

* Focuses on implementing, testing and tuning features of Real Application Clusters (RAC) database
version 10g Release 2
* Provides extensive coverage of usage, day-to-day functions and operations
* Includes tips and techniques such as script samples
to illustrate various features of RAC
* A jumpstart into all the key features of 10g R2 RAC

Review:

Great Book

It's hard to find god information on RAC, many of the books simply aren't very good. This one is a must have if you are implementing a RAC enviroment, though of course metalink is crucial as well.

Review:

Treats the core 20% like rest of the 80%

This is a good reference for Oracle RAC. The author makes a mistake, however, of treating the core 20% of RAC like rest of the 80%. For example, the book's details on Oracle RAC installation was about the same as its explanation of OCFS 1.0.

I think 3 things about ORACLE RAC are essential and perhaps the most important part of RAC knowledge. They are the architecture, the installation (not that simple), and the administration. Approximately 20% of the book is dedicated to the 3 core topics.

To his credit, the author does provide some fine examples and detailed knowledge on many esotoric aspects of RAC. For example, I have found his insights into DBMS and DGMRL packages related to RAC very helpful.

http://rapidshare.com/files/56891792/Oracle.10g.RAC.GSC.May.2006.eBook-Spy.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/56831116/Oracle.10g.RAC.GSC.May.2006.eBook-Spy.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/56848941/DP_.Oracle.10g.RAC.Grid.Services.Clustering._2006_.Spy._1555583210_.pdf.7z