Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters Handbook

K. Gopalakrishnan (Gopal) is an award-winning coauthor ("Oracle Author of the Year 2005"-Oracle Magazine) of Oracle Wait Interface (Oracle Press). He also authored Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters also from Oracle Press (Nov 2006). He has published articles in various international Magazines and is recognized as one of the leading database performance tuning experts in the world. Oracle Technology Network also recognizes him as an Oracle ACE. Gopal has worked with several of the biggest and busiest databases on the planet and has deep experience in the performance management and tuning of very large online transactional databases.

• Part I: High Availability Architecture and ClustersChapter 1: Introduction to High Availability and ScalabilityChapter 2: Clustering Basics and HistoryChapter 3: RAC ArchitecturePart II: Installation, Configuration, and StorageChapter 4: RAC PreinstallationChapter 5: RAC InstallationChapter 6: Automatic Storage ManagementPart III: RAC Administration and ManagementChapter 7: RAC Basic AdministrationChapter 8: RAC Advanced AdministrationChapter 9: RAC Backup and RecoveryChapter 10: RAC Performance ManagementPart IV: Advanced Concepts in RACChapter 11: Global Resource DirectoryChapter 12: A Closer Look at Cache FusionChapter 13: Workload and Connection ManagementChapter 14: RAC TroubleshootingPart V: Deploying RACChapter 15: RAC ExtensionsChapter 16: Developing Applications for RACAPPENDIX A: RAC REFERENCEAPPENDIX B: ADDING AND REMOVING CLUSTER NODESAPPENDIX C: REFERENCESINDEX