Oracle Magazine - September/October 2011

Oracle 11g R1/R2 Real Application
Clusters Essentials

By Ben Prusinski and
Syed Jaffer Hussain
Packt
packtpub.com

Written for Oracle DBAs
who want to administer
Oracle Real Application
Clusters (Oracle RAC), this book presents
a complete method for the configuration,
installation, design, and administration
of Oracle RAC 11g. Covering Oracle RAC 11g
Release 1 and including bonus information
on Release 2, the book is packed with real-
world examples, expert tips, and trouble-
shooting advice. It begins by introducing the
concept of Oracle RAC and high availability
and then covers Oracle RAC 11g architecture
and installation, Oracle Automatic Storage
Management, troubleshooting, and work-
load management. Readers will also learn
about Oracle Clusterware and when and how
to upgrade an Oracle RAC environment.

Oracle Database 11g R2 Performance
Tuning Cookbook

By Ciro Fiorillo
Packt
packtpub.com

This cookbook was written
to help DBAs and devel-
opers understand the
many aspects of Oracle
Database that affect performance. Topics
include application design and development;
optimization of SQL and PL/SQL code; ways
to speed up sort operations; strategies for
hacking the optimizer and the data loading
process; and useful methods to diagnose and
tune memory and I/O and address conten-
tion issues. Every step-by-step recipe in the
cookbook is based on a real-world script or
procedure and illustrated with screenshots;
theoretical concepts that explain why one
solution performs better than another are
also explained in the context of the recipes.

Oracle ADF Enterprise Application
Development—Made Simple

By Sten E. Vesterli
Packt
packtpub.com

Developers need to know more than Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF)

to build a successful enterprise application,
so this book explains how to use Oracle ADF
technology to take an application from proof
of concept through estimating and struc-
turing, coding, and completion. Readers
are introduced to support tools for source
control and issue tracking and are taught
how to integrate those tools into a develop-
ment environment and use them produc-
tively. Out-of-the-box functionalities such
as skinning, customization, and internation-
alization are discussed at length. The book is
written for Web developers and developers
who are experienced with classic 4GL tools.

Expert Oracle Exadata

By Kerry Osborne, Randy Johnson, and Tanel Põder

Apress
apress.com

Oracle Exadata embodies
a fundamental change
in how DBAs and devel-
opers think about and manage relational
databases. The key difference lies in Oracle
Exadata’s ability to offload SQL processing
to the storage layer, which the authors of
Expert Oracle Exadata believe is a game
changer. Their book opens the “black box” to
explain how Oracle Exadata’s combination
of hardware and software works and teaches
readers how to configure Oracle Exadata
from the ground up. Specific topics include
how to optimize Oracle Exadata for mixed
online transaction processing/data ware-
housing workloads, how to migrate large
data sets from existing systems, how
to connect Oracle Exadata to external
systems, and how to configure high-
availability features such as Oracle Real
Application Clusters and Oracle Automatic
Storage Management.

Oracle VM Implementation and
Administration Guide

By Edward Whalen
Oracle Press
oraclepressbooks.com

Oracle VM Implementation
and Administration Guide
shows you how to install,
configure, and utilize
Oracle VM, an Oracle virtualization solution.

It covers the relationship between Oracle VM and the Oracle Linux operating system; contains complete details on installing and administering Oracle VM; includes tips, techniques, and tools for optimizing Oracle products on Oracle VM; and offers advice on choosing the best hardware for a virtualized environment. It includes practical information on how to size servers for Oracle VM, how to create server pools, how to create virtual machines manually and with templates, and how to configure network and storage for Oracle VM. The book concludes with a chapter on best practices.

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European Partners Gain
SOA Specialization

Five members of Oracle PartnerNetwork— four in the Netherlands and one in the U.K.— have achieved Specialized status in Oracle service-oriented architecture (SOA). This specialization acknowledges Oracle partners that meet stringent requirements and demonstrate expertise in delivering services related to Oracle SOA Suite 11g.

AMIS Services, an IT services provider based in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, that focuses on Oracle and Java technology and is an Oracle Gold Partner, has been working with Oracle SOA Suite for more than six years. The company employs nearly 20

SOA consultants.

CIBER Nederland, an Oracle Platinum Partner based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has completed several reference projects related to SOA. It recently formed a dedicated Oracle practice team with its Oracle consultants.

Whitehorses, an Oracle Gold Partner based in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, was founded in 2001. The company uses its expertise in Oracle technologies and Java to integrate systems, processes, and data. It addresses infrastructure problems directly in small, manageable steps while maintaining a focus on achieving visible results.

Yenlo, an Oracle Gold Partner based in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, the Netherlands, employs senior specialists in Oracle and Java applications, middleware, and database platforms. Its services include consulting, architecture, custom applications, and 24/7 hosting and management of IT environments that include Oracle Fusion Middleware.

Griffiths Waite Limited is a Birmingham, England–based Oracle Gold Partner specializing in Oracle SOA solutions. The company employs methodologies such as Lean-Six Sigma and the Open Group Architecture Framework, which allow the company to capture, leverage, and reuse architecture framework guidelines and employ operational and governance best practices.