Oracle Real Application Clusters

Summary

Clustered configuration first hit the scene nearly 20 years ago when Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) introduced the VaxCluster. Until now, the topic of Real Application Clusters (RAC) implementation had never been fully explored. For the first time, Murali Vallath dissects RAC mysteries in his book Oracle Real Application Clusters to enlighten and educate readers on the internals of RAC operations, cache fusion, fusion recovery processes and the fast reconfiguration of RAC.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the features, technology and principles of RAC that is part of the Oracle9i release of Oracle's RDBMS product. It is divided into three main parts: application/database design, development and maintenance life cycles.
Compared to its predecessor OPS, the architecture behind RAC implementation have changed significantly. Vallath discusses Oracle9i features in a RAC implementation with respect to usage and design considerations, as well as those parameters that are and are not applicable. Areas covered include partitioning, indexes, tablespace management, transaction management, backup and recovery principles. Performance tuning with examples, troubleshooting and problem solving scenarios are covered in detail, as well as discussions on the migration process from a single instance database to RAC and migration from an OPS implementation to RAC.
Oracle Real Application Clusters takes readers through a logical flow from RAC concepts to operations, covering each facet with a fine-tooth comb. Vallath’s skilled writing style makes each chapter entertaining and informative as only a true RAC connoisseur can provide. New and experienced users of RAC, as well as those seeking to expand their knowledge of this dynamic technology, will find this book to be a necessity for both home and office reference libraries.

Table of Contents

Part I: Concepts – Business Requirements, Hardware Concepts, Oracle Concepts; Part II: Architecture – RAC Architecture, Transaction Management, Parallel Processing, Designing Databases, Installation and Configuration, Parameters and Views; Part III: Operations – Availability and Scalability, Migration, Backup and Recovery, Performance Tuning – Tools and Utilities, Performance Tuning a Single Instance, Performance Tuning the Cluster, Problem Diagnosis, RAC Implementations; Part IV: Appendices

摘要

集群配置首次出現在近20年前，當時數字設備公司（DEC）推出了VaxCluster。直到現在，關於實際應用集群（RAC）實施的話題從未被完全探索過。Murali Vallath首次在他的書《Oracle實際應用集群》中剖析了RAC的奧秘，以啟發和教育讀者關於RAC操作、緩存融合、融合恢復過程和RAC的快速重新配置的內部知識。
本書全面介紹了RAC的特性、技術和原則，這是Oracle RDBMS產品Oracle9i版本的一部分。它分為三個主要部分：應用/數據庫設計、開發和維護生命周期。
與其前身OPS相比，RAC實施背後的架構發生了重大變化。Vallath討論了Oracle9i在RAC實施中的特性，並就使用和設計考慮進行了討論，以及那些適用和不適用的參數。涵蓋的範圍包括分區、索引、表空間管理、事務管理、備份和恢復原則。詳細介紹了性能調優、故障排除和問題解決方案，以及從單實例數據庫到RAC的遷移過程和從OPS實施到RAC的遷移過程。
《Oracle實際應用集群》將讀者從RAC概念到操作的邏輯流程中，用細齒梳理每個方面。Vallath熟練的寫作風格使每一章節都充滿趣味和信息，正如一個真正的RAC行家所能提供的那樣。RAC的新手和有經驗的用戶，以及那些希望擴展對這項動態技術的知識的人，都會發現這本書對家庭和辦公室參考圖書館來說是必不可少的。

目錄

第一部分：概念 - 商業需求、硬件概念、Oracle概念；第二部分：架構 - RAC架構、事務管理、並行處理、設計數據庫、安裝和配置、參數和視圖；第三部分：操作 - 可用性和可擴展性、遷移、備份和恢復、性能調優 - 工具和實用程序、單實例性能調優、集群性能調優、問題診斷、RAC實施；第四部分：附錄