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Oracle Exadata Survival Guide

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  • Oracle Exadata Survival Guide leads the busy DBA through the concepts and optimizations of Oracle’s Exadata performance powerhouse, providing the information necessary for successful Exadata administration.

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Exadata Basics

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 1-4
  3. Smart Scans and Offloading

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 5-28
  4. Storage Indexes

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 29-51
  5. Smart Flash Cache

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 53-69
  6. Parallel Query

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 71-82
  7. Compression

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 83-118
  8. Exadata Cell Wait Events

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 119-133
  9. Measuring Performance

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 135-149
  10. Storage Cell Monitoring

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 151-172
  11. Monitoring Exadata

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 173-205
  12. Storage Reconfiguration

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 207-218
  13. Migrating Databases to Exadata

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 219-236
  14. ERP Setup—a Practical Guide

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 237-243
  15. Final Thoughts

    • David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence
    Pages 245-256
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 257-261

About this book

Oracle Exadata Survival Guide is a hands-on guide for busy Oracle database administrators who are migrating their skill sets to Oracle's Exadata database appliance. The book covers the concepts behind Exadata, and the available configurations for features such as smart scans, storage indexes, Smart Flash Cache, hybrid columnar compression, and more. You'll learn about performance metrics and execution plans, and how to optimize SQL running in Oracle's powerful, new environment. The authors also cover migration from other servers.

Oracle Exadata is fast becoming the standard for large installations such as those running data warehouse, business intelligence, and large-scale OLTP systems. Exadata is like no other platform, and is new ground even for experienced Oracle database administrators. The Oracle Exadata Survival Guide helps you navigate the ins and outs of this new platform, de-mystifying this amazing appliance and its exceptional performance. The book takes a highly practical approach, not diving too deeply into the details, but giving you just the right depth of information to quickly transfer your skills to Oracle's important new platform.

  • Helps transfer your skills to the platform of the future
  • Covers the important ground without going too deep
  • Takes a practical and hands-on approach to everyday tasks

About the authors

David Fitzjarrell is a Senior Oracle Database Administrator living in the Denver/Boulder area of Colorado. He has over 23 years experience in various industries, and is currently working with Exadata in a large-scale, OLTP and ERP retail environment. He started with Oracle Version 6.0, and has worked with almost every release since, concentrating on the areas of physical administration and performance tuning. David is the Social Media Director for the Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group, contributes monthly articles for databasejournal.com, participates in various Oracle forums and newsgroups and writes an Oracle-centric blog at http://dfitzjarrell.wordpress.com.

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Buying options

eBook USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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