Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques

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Exadata, Tuning RAC, and Using Parallel Features

With Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, a paradigm shift is occurring in the database market, the hardware world, and the IT industry as a whole. Not unknown to Wall Street, this shift is called industry consolidation. It first happened after the industrial revolution; check your local antique store for the consolidated companies of that era. While this current shift is just beginning, early tremors are showing that a major shift is on its way. Oracle is widening its influence into the world ...