Book description
The Practical, Authoritative, 360-Degree Technical Guide to Oracle Exadata: From Setup to Administration, Optimization, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
The blazingly fast Oracle Exadata Database Machine is being embraced by thousands of large-scale users worldwide: by governments, the military, enterprise organizations, cloud service providers, and anyone who needs extreme performance. Now, Oracle Exadata Expert’s Handbook provides authoritative guidance to running Oracle Exadata with maximum reliability, effectiveness, performance, and efficiency.
Six renowned Oracle technology experts have brought together core technical information, experience, best practices, and insider tips in a concise reference. Covering both 11g and 12c versions of Oracle Exadata software, they deliver hands-on coverage of best practices, setup, migration, monitoring, administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. Whether you’re an Oracle Exadata DBA, DMA, architect, or manager, you need these insights.
Get a 360-degree overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine
Efficiently deploy RAC within the Oracle Exadata ecosystem
Fully leverage Storage Cell’s extraordinary performance, via Offloading, Smart Scans, and Hybrid Columnar Compression
Manage Exadata with OEM 12c: perform setup, configuration, asset/target discovery, and day-to-day administration
Tune Oracle Exadata for even better performance
Perform Exadata Backup/Recovery/DR with RMAN and Data Guard
Migrate to Oracle Exadata from other platforms
Use Oracle Exadata with the ZFS Storage Appliance
Consolidate within the Exadata Database Cloud
Table of contents
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewers and Contributors
- 1. 360-Degree Overview of Exadata
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2. Real Application Clusters (RAC) in Exadata
- The Significance of RAC in Exadata
- An Overview of RAC
- Setting Up RAC Clusters in Exadata
- Operational Best Practices
- Managing RAC with OEM 12c
- Common Utilities and Commands
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Troubleshooting and Tuning RAC
- Start with ORAchk
- Employ the TFA Collector Utility
- Use the Automatic Diagnostic Repository
- Check the Alert and Trace Log Files
- Employ the Three As
- Check the Private Cluster Interconnect
- Enable Tracing and Inspect the Trace Logs
- Cluster Health Monitor
- Employ Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
- Miscellaneous Tools and Utilities
- Useful Oracle Support Resources
- Summary
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3. The Secret Sauce: Exadata Storage Cells
- An Overview of Exadata Storage Server
- Storage Architecture and Formulation
- Disk Architecture in Non-Exadata
- Disk Architecture in Exadata
- System Users for Cell Administration
- Managing the Cell Server
- Troubleshooting the Cell Server
- Storage Cell Startup and Shutdown
- Solving Disk Problems
- Enforcing Cell Security
- Summary
- 4. Flash Cache, Smart Scans, and Cell Offloading
- 5. Exadata Compression: HCC Demystified
- 6. Oracle Database 12c and Exadata
- 7. Exadata Networking: Management and Administration
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8. Backup and Recovery and Data Guard
- RMAN Disk-to-Disk Backups
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Data Guard
- Patches
- Session Data Unit
- Bandwidth-Delay Product
- Network Queue Size
- Disabling TCP Nagle Algorithm
- Enabling Network Time Protocol
- Block Change Tracking
- Fast Recovery Area
- Automatic Archive Switch
- Parallel Execution Message Size
- Database Cache Size
- Standby Redo Logs
- Force Logging
- Flashback Logging
- Real-Time Apply
- Timeout and Reopen Options
- Archive Generation Rate
- Standby File Management
- Data Guard Standby-First Patching
- Active Data Guard
- Far Sync
- Switchover Considerations
- Summary
- 9. Managing Exadata with OEM 12c
- 10. Migrating to Exadata
- 11. Upgrading and Patching Exadata and ZFS Storage Appliance
- 12. ZFS Storage Appliance for Exadata
- 13. Exadata Performance Tuning
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14. Database Consolidation on Exadata
- Database Consolidation Models
- Exadata Consolidation Planning
- Grouping Applications
- Evaluating Sizing Requirements
- Setting Up Exadata for Consolidation
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Isolation Management
- Fault Isolation in Database Consolidation
- Fault Isolation in Schema Consolidation
- Operational Isolation in Database Consolidation
- Operational Isolation in Schema Consolidation
- Resource Isolation in Database Consolidation
- Resource Isolation in Schema Consolidation
- Security Isolation in Database Consolidation
- Security Isolation in Schema Consolidation
- 12c Pluggable Database
- Summary
- 15. Exadata Smart Flash Cache in Depth
- 16. Advanced Exadata Flash Configuration
- 17. Exadata Tools and Utilities
- Index
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: Oracle Exadata Expert’s Handbook
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2015
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: 9780133824957
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