Oracle 10g RAC Grid, Services & Clustering [Paperback]

Murali Vallath (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 8, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1555583210 | ISBN-13: 978-1555583217 | Edition: 1

Grid architecture is Oracle's strategy for high-end computing and RAC is the stepping stone into this arena. This book focuses on current technology including all valid RAC features up through Oracle Database 10g Release 2, with a primary focus on deploying it in a high-end grid environment. The book discusses this technology at length which users will find beneficial when researching, implementing or monitoring a RAC environment. The author covers workshop implementation of services and the distribution of workload across instances, with threshold definitions and the new load balancing algorithms. In addition it includes detailed discussions on ASM that complements the implementation of RAC in Oracle Grid strategy. The book also includes discussions on new Oracle Clusterware, its components and its integration with RAC.

Oracle 10g RAC focuses on RAC-specific topics including ASM, operating system configuration, installation and configuration of RAC and much more. Coverage includes network configuration for high availability, FAN, TAF, ONS, implementation of maximum availability architecture (MAA), EM Grid Control, AWR, ADDM and other performance-related tools. The author includes several scripts for performance tuning and implementation that the reader can use to configure a RAC environment either on a 2, 4, 8, 60 or 99 node configuration.

* Focuses on implementing, testing and tuning features of Real Application Clusters (RAC) database
version 10g Release 2
* Provides extensive coverage of usage, day-to-day functions and operations
* Includes tips and techniques such as script samples
to illustrate various features of RAC
* A jumpstart into all the key features of 10g R2 RAC

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Oracle Real Application Clusters is the ultimate text to maximize data flow for key applications!

From the Back Cover

Oracle 10g RAC
Grid, Services & Clustering

Murali Vallath

"Oracle RAC and grid technology is transforming the economics of high-end database computing and is a technology that all Oracle professionals should become familiar with. Murali is one of the world's foremost independent experts on Oracle RAC technology and his book contains everything you need to become proficient in both the theory and practice of Real Application Clusters. If you are planning a RAC implementation, looking to optimize an existing RAC implementation or simply want to become more familiar with this important technology, you should read this book."
Guy Harrison: Chief Architect - Database Solutions, Quest Software

"Oracle 10g RAC Grid, Services & Clustering provides a deep knowledge base for Oracle 10g RAC and helps readers understand the benefits of scale-out capabilities using industry-standard components. The chapters on the latest Oracle 10g R2 features such as ASM, Automatic Workload Management and RAC Services help readers gain a deeper understanding of Oracle's Database Grid. The book is a useful source of information for Database Administrators and System Consultants who want to know the capabilities and internal workings of Oracle 10g RAC and its implementation in the enterprise datacenter. As a leading expert on Oracle 10g and RAC, Murali Vallath does an excellent job of addressing Oracle 10g RAC implementation needs ranging from setup, migration to performance optimization. If you want an Oracle expert in house, this book does the job."
Ibrahim Fashho: Senior Manager - Zafar Mahmood: Senior Consultant - Anthony Fernandez: Senior Analyst, Dell Database and Application Solutions Group

Grid architecture is Oracle's strategy for high-end computing and RAC is the stepping stone into this arena. This book focuses on current technology including all valid RAC features up through Oracle Database 10g Release 2, with a primary focus on deploying it in a high-end grid environment. The book discusses this technology at length which users will find beneficial when researching, implementing or monitoring a RAC environment. The author covers workshop implementation of services and the distribution of workload across instances, with threshold definitions and the new load balancing algorithms. In addition it includes detailed discussions on ASM that complements the implementation of RAC in Oracle Grid strategy. The book also includes discussions on new Oracle Clusterware, its components and its integration with RAC.

Oracle 10g RAC focuses on RAC-specific topics including ASM, operating system configuration, installation and configuration of RAC and much more. Coverage includes network configuration for high availability, FAN, TAF, ONS, implementation of maximum availability architecture (MAA), EM Grid Control, AWR, ADDM and other performance-related tools. The author includes several scripts for performance tuning and implementation that the reader can use to configure a RAC environment either on a 2, 4, 8, 60 or 99 node configuration.

Features coverage of:

. Implementing, testing and tuning features of Real Application Clusters (RAC) Database 10g Release 2
. Usage, day-to-day functions and operations, as well as tips and
techniques such as script samples to illustrate various features of RAC
. Implementing a distributed workload environment
. Storage configuration using Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
. High availability features, FAN, ONS, TAF, FCF and the new runtime connection load balancing
. Monitoring the RAC environment using Oracle's Automatic Workload Repository(AWR) and Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)
. Discussions with examples of services-based deployment of RAC and on integration and monitoring of RAC
. Covers the internals of Oracle Clusterware and RAC
. Scripts used in this book can be downloaded from the author's website at www.summersky.biz

Murali Vallath has over 18 years of Information Technology experience, of which he has spent 13 years or more on Oracle-related products and technology. Vallath's experience with the clustering technology dates back to his early days at Digital Equipment Corporation, the pioneers in this arena and has been kept up-to date since then. He currently specializes in RAC. He has successfully completed over 75 small, medium, and terabyte-sized RAC implementations (Oracle 9i & Oracle 10g) for reputed corporate firms. He is a regular speaker at various national and international conferences on RAC and performance-tuning topics. Vallath is the president of the RAC-SIG, the Charlotte Oracle Users Group and a contributing editor to IOUG Select Journal. Vallath can be reached at [e-mail] conferences on Oracle parallel server/Oracle real application cluster and performance tuning topics. Vallath can be reached at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

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Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press; 1 edition (June 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555583210
• ISBN-13: 978-1555583217
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,262,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Vallath has more than 22 years of IT experience including over 16 years using Oracle products. Vallath is an Oracle ACE Director and an Oracle Certified Database Administrator. He has worked on a variety of database platforms for small to very large implementations, designing databases for high volume, machine critical, real time OLTP systems. His expertise is with Oracle Real Application Clusters and Vallath released his second book titled Oracle 10g RAC, Grid, Services & Clustering in March 2006 and has co-authored his third book titled 'Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) November 2007, from Oracle Press.
Vallath currently provides independent consulting services in the areas of capacity planning, high availability solutions and performance tuning of Oracle environments through Summersky Enterprises (www.summersky.biz) with operations in USA and India. He has successfully completed over 100 successful small, medium and terabyte sized RAC implementations (Oracle 9i thru Oracle 11gR2) for reputed corporate firms.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extensive 10g RAC information. Impressive topic coverage!, July 4, 2006

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Ivaylo Lissev - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oracle 10g RAC Grid, Services & Clustering (Paperback)

Really good book. I found it very useful as it covers almost all topics from DBA prospective. Information is technical enough for an experienced DBA or Developer. Book is well structured and it is easy to follow the material cover to cover. Up to date information in all aspects (Oracle binary set up, OS , networking and development).
Very useful appendix, which guides you through various tasks.
Easy to find information you require.
One of the best (if not the best) Oracle 10g RAC books on the market.
Of course, it cannot cover literally all topics, but it is definitely a great effort.
Thank you Murali!

Ivaylo Lissev
Database Consultant

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best RAC book, January 5, 2007

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Cristian Banoiu "Oracle DBA" (Dubendorf, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oracle 10g RAC Grid, Services & Clustering (Paperback)

As compared to the 370 pages provided by Oracle as docu for RAC, this book with its nearly 700 pages and lots of info and examples is brilliant.
I have two years Oracle 10g RAC experience, but I have found in this book very valuable information about how RAC works, what is behind all components and all kind of "inside information" one could not find in Oracle documentation.
Except some typos (understandable, given the rush to print a good book about RAC) this book is clearly a BUY.

Cristian
OCP 8i,9i,10g.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the price, May 17, 2007

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djc "Danno" (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle 10g RAC Grid, Services & Clustering (Paperback)

The grammar is terrible, it's filled with bad analogies and information that should have been assumed (e.g., RAID - how long has this technology been around?). There's a couple good nuggets but overall, it's like bad reality TV, %5 content surrounded by 95% filler.