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The Art and Science of Oracle Performance Tuning
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by Christopher Lawson
Sales Rank: 151785
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List Price: $39.99
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Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1 edition December 15, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590591992
ISBN-13: 978-1590591994
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
Solving or planning for performance issues is a core part of the database professional's toolkit. The Oracle database is very flexible, making it suitable for a wide range of applications. Consequently, it is highly tunable, presenting a bewildering set of choices to the inexperienced. Tuning Oracle is as much about approach as about understanding the technology. It is more than tweaking parameters or following a set prescriptionit involves matching application-specific knowledge with what's happening inside the database.
Based on author Christopher Lawson's long experience working with Oracle, The Art and Science of Oracle Performance Tuning book uses a five-step model to help identify and isolate the cause of nonperformance. This book shows you how to approach problems, get the information you need from Oracle, and follow the process through to success.
About The Author
Christopher Lawson is an independent consultant who specializes in performance tuning of data warehouse and financial applications. His articles on database management and performance tuning have appeared in numerous technical journals, and he is a frequent speaker at Oracle conferences. When he isn't tracking down elusive performance problems, Chris teaches courses on enterprise database systems for the University of Phoenix. He is also editor of the online magazine The Oracle Magician, available at http://www.OracleMagician.com. Chris earned his bachelor's and M.B.A. degrees at the University of California, Irvine.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: The Art and Science of Oracle Performance Tuning (Paperback)
Christopher Lawson certainly masters the art of writing a very readable technical book. This is an outstanding book by an author with a lot of experience in the field who's taken the time to produce extensive examples. Lawson makes several good points in his book that I wish beginner and "expert" DBAs would adopt: 1. No performance tuning tool can compensate for the lack of understanding of the Oracle database server. 2. Performance problems are usually not solved by changing int.ora parameteres and looking at cache hit ratios. 3. Learn how to use Oracle's wait event interface and you are very likely to identify your database bottleneck. 4. Understand SQL join techniques and how to read an execution plan and you'll become the Oracle Magician. For the beginner DBA this is an excellent book to start with. The book is not a guide to new Oracle features; Oracle's own free documentation is where you should look for this. Get this book and accelerate you Oracle DBA career !
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