Oracle Database 10g Linux Administration (Paperback)

by Edward Whalen (Author) "In order to properly set up, configure, and administer Oracle on Linux, you should have some idea of how the Linux operating system works, how..." (more)
Key Phrases: logical standby database, standby control file, cluster filesystem, Data Guard, Enterprise Manager, Red Hat (more...)

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Product Description
Oracle's Mr. Linux details everything from installing the OS (Red Hat and United Linux) to installing the database to debugging and troubleshooting to performance, availability, and scalability. Wim is the Director of Linux Engineering at Oracle.

From the Back Cover
Install and configure Oracle Database 10 on a Linux enterprise platform. With full coverage of Red Hat Linux and United Linux, Oracle Database 10g Linux Administration explains how to set up, administer, monitor, and tune Oracle Database 10g, on Linux. You will also learn how to implement High Availability solutions as well as handle backup, recovery, and replication. This exclusive Oracle Press guide is the ideal resource for all Oracle DBAs working in a Linux environment.

• Configure Linux to support Oracle Database 10g and install the database
• Enable High Availability using Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
• Administer and tune Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Back up and restore the database
• Maximize the powerful features of Oracle Data Guard for a disaster-proof database
• Implement advanced replication techniques
• Configure and tune system hardware for peak performance
• Tune SQL statements
• Install and configure Oracle Application Server 10g on Linux

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1st edition (October 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072230533
• ISBN-13: 978-0072230536
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #230,567 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars lots of buzzwords but no useful info, November 2, 2005

By	Eugene Roytman (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I was very anxious for this book to come out since it had a very lucrative table of contents with all the "right" stuff in it.
Unfortunately I found the book to have a lot of unneeded info such as history of Oracle, history of Linux, Unix, overview of Oracle products,etc junk. If you an Oracle professional, you probably know all of this anyways. I was hoping to find "trade secrets" and "best pratices of ORacle on Linux" that will help me , but instead found very basic descriptive information, nothing detailed in particular.
There is nothing "special" about Oracle architecture, backup and recovery in this book that refers to Linux that you can't find in any other oracle 10g book. The only useful detail that I found is remapping of kernel base when using Large memory for SGA, but that also can be dug out of OTN. Also you will find a much better overview of Linux from any "Linux Administration" book.

Overall this book may be ok for a newbie as introduction, but if you are past that stage, I would say pass on this one.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good intro to Oracle 10g for Linux, November 26, 2005

By	Benjamin S. Prusinski "real dba" (san diego, ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As an experienced Oracle DBA, I wanted a nice text that covers Linux specifics to Oracle 10g. This book is okay not perfect but the only real Oracle 10g for Linux book on the market.

Good
1. RAC coverage is decent
2. Linux tuning for Oracle is nice

Bad
1. Data Guard coverage is very weak
2. No workarounds for installation issues with Linux and Oracle

So I give it 3 stars because its not bad but not great. I hope that the other Linux for Oracle RAC book that comes out next year is better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful info and perspective of running Oracle's database on Linux, August 2, 2006

By	El Capitan "tech geek who cooks" (Prattville, AL United States) - See all my reviews

This is a well written book for anyone who wants to learn lots of useful Linux specific details and perspective about set up, administration, monitoring, and tuning Oracle 10g on Linux.

Granted, there's lots of free documentation on Oracle's web site. But, instead of just being dry documentation that's not a lot of fun to read, this book gives conciseness, and prose that communicates the authors actual real-world experience of working with this stuff.

If you're administering Oracles 10g on Linux, this is a great book to read.