Oracle Database 10g High Availability with RAC, Flashback, and Data Guard (Osborne ORACLE Press Series) (Paperback)

by Matthew Hart (Author), Scott Jesse (Author), Matthew Hart (Author), Scott Jesse (Author) "As you have already discovered, or perhaps are about to discover, maintaining the high-availability database is a tricky prospect..." (more)
Key Phrases: flashback recovery area, standby redo logs, voting disk, Data Guard, Enterprise Manager, Grid Control (more...)

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Product Description
Attain real solutions for current availability challenges. Based on a "DBA-centric" approach to High Availability, Oracle Database 10g High Availability concentrates on explaining Oracle Database 10g technologies and practices to database administrators, covering general availability, real application clusters (RAC), disaster planning and recovery, and distributed database solutions. Hardware and application needs are also taken into account. While Oracle Database 10g is the main focus, many of the options discussed are available in earlier database releases. Organized to provide conceptual understanding of High Availability, included are "HA Workshops," step-by-step instructions to get you through certain implementations, plus real-world inspired case studies

About the Author
Matthew Hart (Colorado Springs, CO) has worked exclusively with the Windows Operating System for more than 5 years, the last 3 of which have been with Oracle Corporation, assisting Oracle customer implement the RDBMS on Windows NT and 2000. From 1999 onward, his role has increasingly become focused on Oracle’s high availability solutions, specifically Oracle Recovery Manager and Oracle Advanced Replication. For the past 6 months he has been involved in the beta testing of Oracle9i, and he currently supports beta customers who are rolling out 9i into the enterprise. Matthew became an Oracle Certified Professional in May 1999.

Scott Jesse (Colorado Springs, CO) is an Oracle Certified Professional who has worked extensively with the Windows NT Operating System for more than 7 years. Scott began by deploying Windows NT on a corporate-wide rollout for more than 3000 users while working for MCI Worldcom. For the past 5 years, Scott has worked in the Oracle support organization, primarily assisting Oracle customers in implementing the Oracle RDBMS on Window NT. For the last 3 years, Scott has specialized in clustering and high availability technologies on the Windows NT platform, including Oracle Failsafe and Oracle Parallel Server.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (April 21, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072254289
• ISBN-13: 978-0072254280
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #326,407 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High Availability Readable and Informative, May 24, 2004

By	Wayne Leslie (Cascade, CO United States) - See all my reviews

Three weeks ago I obtained a copy of 'High Availability with RAC, Flashback & Data Guard,' Oracle Database 10g. I work in a support environment where we field questions on all of the topics contained in this manual. The book has provided me with a clear and detailed manual for some very sophisticated products. The topics are explained in a thorough manner and pertain to subjects that are frequently queried about, such as changing the protection mode in data guard and adding nodes to an existing rac configuration plus of course many others. The authors have provided lucid explanations of these topics and also have given a logical way to find the information when it is needed. This book allows for the reader to use the information presented to better understand the software that makes up the Oracle High Availability array of products.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oracle 10g High Availability By Hart & Jesse, May 19, 2004

By	greg oehmen (Denver, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

Early on in this impressive book, the HADBA Mantra, which states that "Availability is defined as much by end-user perceptions as by database realities.", sets the tone by offering what I think is a profound glimpse of the new world for DBAs. If that mantra is true, then our profession expands beyond the normal bounds of I.T. and suddenly involves real aspects of business itself including management, politics and psychology more deeply than ever before.

Thus this book sets a challenging goal for itself which I think it succeeds in accomplishing. While 'holistic' may be an overworked term in our culture, it is exactly that - a holistic HA solution - which is needed to meet these nascent business challenges and that solution is what Hart & Jesse have written. For example, the concept of incorporating aspects of performance tuning into the high availability view of the database is new to me, yet makes perfect sense. I had always viewed these as separate and independent DBA functions.

With each chapter, another brick is laid in what becomes a solid, highly-available wall:
RAC, Dataguard, Flashback Query, Rman Backup & Recovery, Streams - backed with the newest RDBMS features and performance tuning.

The book is well written and has very helpful labs. Understandably, it does not delve deeply into specific areas. Had the authors tried to cover every minute detail, we'd all be lugging a thousand pounds of books between home and work. At the same time, I think every topic is well covered and the depth of detail is good. Frankly, when it comes time to implement something like Dataguard, I'll have 10 references, white papers, etc. on my desk. This book is great for putting everything together under one roof and allowing one to see the big picture and how that picture is evolving.

As I get these features implemented, I expect to save a bundle on pager batteries!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book for intermediate DBA's, August 5, 2005

By	A. Khan "Arif Khan" (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It is one of the few good books available in the market which covers RAC, DataGuard and Flashback features all in one.

One of the drawbacks of this book is the fact that too much has been packed into one single book and it seems to loose its focus and lacks in detail.

Overall, I still recommend this to my students who undergo my RAC and DG courses.


Arif Khan
Oracle Consultant, (...)