Oracle Exadata Survival Guide

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Название:Oracle Exadata Survival Guide

Издательство: APRESS

Автор: David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence

Год: 2013

Количество страниц: 284

Язык:English

Формат: pdf

Размер:4 Mb

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

What you’ll learn

Learn the components and basic architecture of an Exadata machine

Reduce data transfer overhead by processing queries in the storage layer

Examine and take action on Exadata-specific performance metrics

Deploy Hybrid Columnar Compression to reduce storage and I/O needs

Create worry-free migrations from existing databases into Exadata

Understand and address issues specific to ERP migrations

Who this book is for

Oracle Exadata Survival Guide is for the busy enterprise Oracle DBA who has suddenly been thrust into the Exadata arena. Readers should have a sound grasp of traditional Oracle database administration, and be prepared to learn new aspects that are specific to the Exadata appliance.

Table of Contents

Exadata Basics

Smart Scans and Offloading

Storage Indexes

Smart Flash Cache

Parallel Query

Compression

Exadata Wait Events

Measuring Performance

Storage Cell Monitoring

Monitoring Exadata

Storage Reconfiguration

Migrating Databases to Exadata

Migrating ERP Applications

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