Author : Heidi Thorpe
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780201704365
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)
Book Synopsis Oracle8i Tuning and Administration by : Heidi Thorpe
Download or read book Oracle8i Tuning and Administration written by Heidi Thorpe and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poring over the 30 volumes of official Oracle documentation is a daunting task for any Oracle database administrator (DBA). "Oracle8iTM Tuning and Administration: The Essential Reference" distills the essentials of what you need to know to perform your job intelligently and skillfully. Bypassing obscure technical details, this book answers three essential questions for each topic listed below: What is it? Why is it important? How do I use it? Less experienced DBAs can now acquire the framework they need to understand important details in the Oracle documentation. Advanced DBAs will find this book a practical reference to effective configuration and troubleshooting. "Oracle8iTM Tuning and Administration" covers the major areas for which DBAs are typically responsible: administration, sizing and configuration, monitoring, and application and database tuning for better performance. In addition, the book reviews fundamental Oracle concepts and summarizes the newest features of Oracle8iTM. Specific topics covered include: Security and auditing Administering tables, views, constraints, indexes, data files, log files, and more Free space search algorithm Using database blocks efficiently Optimizing space management Partitioning Database, process, and object limits Monitoring events, usage, waits, and log files Query optimization hints SQL statement tuning Diagnosing performance problems and detecting runaway processes Tuning the operating system, CPU, memory, and disk I/O Tuning Private SQL and PL/SQL areas Tuning and initialization parameters New features for bitmapped indexes The new SAMPLE function Advanced queuing and sort improvements Online index creation, rebuild, and defragmentation Statistics generation for long-running operations Concise and thorough, with an easy-access format, "Oracle8iTM Tuning and Administration: The Essential Reference" is the Oracle resource you will keep close at hand.