This book explains how to take full advantage of the agility, reliability, and low cost of Enterprise Grid Computing in the Oracle environment.It discusses the technologies and processes involved in moving towards the grid model at every layer of the IT stack, including storage, servers, databases and applications. About The Brajesh Goyal is the senior manager for product management for database solutions and grid at Network Appliance. Shilpa Lawande was a principal developer at Oracle Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Motivation for Enterprise Grid Computing Chapter 2: The Evolution of Enterprise Grid Computing Chapter 3: Grid-enabling the Data Center Chapter 4: Storage Grid Chapter 5: Server Grid Chapter 6: Application Grid Chapter 7: Information Grid Chapter 8: Software Provisioning Chapter 9: Grid Management Chapter 10: Enterprise Grid Security Chapter 11: Business Continuity with an Enterprise Grid Chapter 12: Steps to Grid Adoption Index