CHAPTER 1Getting Started with the Oracle Architecture

Oracle Database 11g is an evolutionary step from the previous release of Oracle 10g; Oracle 10g was, in turn, a truly revolutionary step from Oracle9i in terms of its "set it and forget it" features. Oracle 11g continues the tradition of feature enhancement by making memory management more automated, adding several new advisors, and significantly improving availability and failover capabilities. Part I of this book covers the basics of the Oracle architecture and lays the foundation for deploying a successful Oracle infrastructure by giving practical advice for a new installation or upgrading from a previous release of Oracle. To provide a good foundation for the Oracle 11g software, we cover ...

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