Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters Handbook (Oracle Press) 1st edition by K Gopalakrishnan (2006) Paperback

by K. Gopalakrishnan

Learn cutting-edge technology from Oracle experts Written by Oracle insiders, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about Real Application Clusters -- low-cost hardware platforms that can rival and exceed the quality of service, availability, and scalability of the most expensive mainframe systems.Concepts covered are applicable to all previous versions of Oracle Tuning and troubleshooting tips, providing insight on the most advanced diagnostics available Detailed coverage of advanced RAC concepts Working code for all examples available online K Gopalakrishnan (Gopal) is a senior principal consultant with the Advanced Technology Services group at Oracle Corporation, specializing exclusively in performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery. He is a recognized expert in Oracle RAC and Database Internals and has used his extensive expertise in solving many vexing performance issues all across the world for telecom giants, banks, financial institutions, and universities. Gopal has more than a decade of Oracle expertise backed by an engineering degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Madras, India.Gopal has previously co-authored an award-winning Oracle Press book, Oracle Wait A Practical Guide to Performance Diagnostics and Tuning. He was awarded an Editor's Choice award for Oracle Author of the Year by Oracle Magazine in 2005. Gopal was also chosen as an Oracle ACE by Oracle Technology Network ( in 2006.

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First published November 22, 2006

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

An extensive overview of RAC. The book starts with a background of high availability concepts and earlier pre-RAC Oracle technologies, moving onto a detailed description of the architecture, then high level install and configuration instructions, ending with general concepts and guideline to follow when implementing and optimizing the RAC, DB, and application.

My only complaint would be the many lost opportunities for meaningful diagrams. The diagrams were sparse, provided little information, and occasionally didn't match the describing text.

All in all, though, the book gave exactly the information I was looking for, and it was very readable.

[Gary Jacques · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best books that explains under the hood how GES and GCS works. The quality of information provided excellent for daily basis rac operation