Download or read book The Automatic Oracle written by Peter Porter and published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Porter's new collection demonstrates his maturity as a poet and his ability to work in a variety of forms. Speaking of the English language as the "oracle" with the poet acting as a "priest" carrying messages to the outside world, Porter concentrates on the themes of childhood, dreams, painting, history, as well as words and their responsibilities.

Download or read book Database Cloud Storage written by Nitin Vengurlekar and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-07-06 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implement a Centralized Cloud Storage Infrastructure with Oracle Automatic Storage Management Build and manage a scalable, highly available cloud storage solution. Filled with detailed examples and best practices, this Oracle Press guide explains how to set up a complete cloud-based storage system using Oracle Automatic Storage Management. Find out how to prepare hardware, build disk groups, efficiently allocate storage space, and handle security. Database Cloud Storage: The Essential Guide to Oracle Automatic Storage Management shows how to monitor your system, maximize throughput, and ensure consistency across servers and clusters. Set up and configure Oracle Automatic Storage Management Discover and manage disks and establish disk groups Create, clone, and administer Oracle databases Consolidate resources with Oracle Private Database Cloud Control access, encrypt files, and assign user privileges Integrate replication, file tagging, and automatic failover Employ pre-engineered private cloud database consolidation tools Check for data consistency and resync failed disks Code examples in the book are available for download

Download or read book Oracle Automatic Storage Management Under the Hood Practical Deployment Guide written by Nitin Vengurlekar and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-11-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build and manage a scalable storage infrastructure with Oracle Automatic Storage Management Streamline data management and provisioning using Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) and the detailed information contained in this exclusive Oracle Press resource. Written by a team of database experts, Oracle Automatic Storage Management: Under-the-Hood & Practical Deployment Guide explains how to build and maintain a dynamic, highly available Oracle database storage environment. Inside, you'll learn how to configure storage for Oracle ASM, build disk groups, use data striping and mirroring, and optimize performance. You'll also learn how to ensure consistency across server and storage platforms, maximize data redundancy, and administer Oracle ASM from the command line. Manage Oracle ASM Instances and configure Oracle RDBMS instances to leverage Oracle ASM Define, discover, and manage disk storage under Oracle ASM Create external, normal-redundancy, and high-redundancy disk groups Add and remove Oracle ASM storage without affecting RDMS instance availability Learn how Oracle ASM provides even I/O distribution Work with Oracle ASM directories, files, templates, and aliases Improve storage performance and integrity using the ASMLIB API Simplify system administration with the Oracle ASM command line interface Understand key internal Oracle ASM structures and algorithms

Download or read book Expert Oracle Database 11g Administration written by Sam Alapati and published by Apress. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 1376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Alapati's Expert Oracle Database 11g Administration is a comprehensive handbook for Oracle database administrators (DBAs) using the 11g release of the Oracle Database. All key aspects of database administration are covered, including backup and recovery, day–to–day administration and monitoring, performance tuning, and more. This is the one book to have on your desk as a continual reference. Refer to it frequently. It'll help you get the job done. Comprehensive handbook for Oracle Database administrators. Covers all major aspects of database administration. Tests and explains in detail key DBA commands. Offers primers on Linux/Unix, data modeling, SQL, and PL/SQL.

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Download or read book Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes written by Sam Alapati and published by Apress. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

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Download or read book Oracle Database 12c Performance Tuning Recipes written by Sam Alapati and published by Apress. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 12c Performance Tuning Recipes delivers. Oracle Database 12c 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 Gets straight to the point for when you're under pressure for results

Download or read book Oracle Database 11g written by Sam Alapati and published by Apress. This book was released on 2008-03-09 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brilliant new book gives readers the lowdown on the most important new features in the latest release of Oracle's flagship database product. Authors Sam Alapati and Charles Kim are experienced database administrators who go beyond regurgitating Oracle's new feature documentation to report on "what's new that really matters." Readers whose careers are bound up in Oracle's database system need to know what's new. Sam and Charles deliver with a rigor and candor that will help readers choose the best of the new features to apply in their own environments.

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Download or read book Oracle Warehouse Builder 11g written by Bob Griesemer and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extract, Transform, and Load data to build a dynamic, operational data warehouse.

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Download or read book Expert Oracle Exadata written by Martin Bach and published by Apress. This book was released on 2015-08-29 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert Oracle Exadata, 2nd Edition opens up the internals of Oracle's Exadata platform so that you can fully benefit from the most performant and scalable database hardware appliance capable of running Oracle Database. This edition is fully-updated to cover Exadata 5-2 and Oracle Database 12c. If you're new to Exadata, you'll soon learn that it embodies a change in how you think about and manage relational databases. A key part of that change lies in the concept of offloading SQL processing to the storage layer. In addition there is Oracle's engineering effort in creating a powerful platform for both consolidation and transaction processing. The resulting value proposition in the form of Exadata has truly been a game-changer. Expert Oracle Exadata, 2nd Edition provides a look at the internals and how the combination of hardware and software that comprise Exadata actually work. Authors include Martin Bach, Andy Colvin, and Frits Hoogland, with contributions from Karl Arao, and built on the foundation laid by Kerry Osborne, Randy Johnson, and Tanel Poder in the first edition. They share their real-world experience gained through a great many Exadata implementations, possibly more than any other group of experts today. Always their goal is toward helping you advance your career through success with Exadata in your own environment. This book is intended for readers who want to understand what makes the platform tick and for whom—"how" it does what it is does is as important as what it does. By being exposed to the features that are unique to Exadata, you will gain an understanding of the mechanics that will allow you to fully benefit from the advantages that the platform provides. This book changes how you think about managing SQL performance and processing. It provides a roadmap to successful Exadata implementation. And it removes the "black box" mystique. You'll learn how Exadata actually works and be better able to manage your Exadata engineered systems in support of your business. This book: Changes the way you think about managing SQL performance and processing Provides a roadmap to successful Exadata implementation Removes the "black box" mystique, showing how Exadata actually works

Download or read book OCA Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate Study Guide written by Biju Thomas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candidates for the Oracle Certified Associate in Oracle Database 11g need to pass Exams 1Z0-051 and 1Z0-052 to achieve their certification—this guide prepares you for taking both those exams. This two-in-one study guide covers the Oracle Certified Associate certification for Oracle database 11g and reviews exam topics such as restricting and sorting data, using conversion functions and conditional expressions, displaying data from multiple tables, and exploring the Oracle database architecture. Plus, you’ll learn how to create and maintain an Oracle database, perform database backups and recovery, move and manipulate data, prepare the database environment, and more. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. For Instructors: Teaching supplements are available for this title.

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