Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques

"Offers hundreds of hints, tips, and tricks of the trade that can be useful to any DBA wanting to achieve maximum performance of Oracle applications. No Oracle library would be complete without this book." --Ken (Dr. DBA) Jacobs, Vice President of Product Strategy for Server Technologies, Oracle Corporation "Rich is the first and last stop for Oracle Database technology and performance tuning. His knowledge is a vital tool that you need to successfully negotiate the waters of Oracle database development." --Mike Frey, Principal Architect, Navteq Table of contents Introduction Chapter 1. Oracle10g New Features (DBA and Developer) Chapter 2. Basic Index Principles (Beginner Developer and Beginner DBA) Chapter 3. Disk Implementation Methodology and ASM (DBA) Chapter 4. Tuning the Database with Initialization Parameters (DBA) Chapter 5. Enterprise Manager and Grid Control (DBA and Developer) Chapter 6. Using EXPLAIN and STORED OUTLINES (Developer and DBA) Chapter 7. Basic Hint Syntax (Developer and DBA) Chapter 8. Query Tuning: Developer and Beginning DBA Chapter 9. Table Joins and Other Advanced Tuning (Advanced DBA and Developer) Chapter 10. Using PL/SQL to Enhance Performance (Developer and DBA) Chapter 11. Tuning RAC and Using Parallel Features Chapter 12. V$ Views (Developer and DBA) Chapter 13. X$ Tables (Advanced DBA) Chapter 14. Using STATSPACK and the AWR Report to Tune Waits and Latches Chapter 15. Performing a Quick System Review (DBA) Chapter 16. Monitoring the System Using UNIX Utilities (DBA) Appendix A: Key Initialization Parameters (DBA) Appendix B: The V$ Views (DBA and Developer) Appendix C: The X$ Tables (DBA) Index