Oracle Exadata Survival Guide

Acknowledgments

Successes are never the result of a single person’s actions; many seen, and unseen, individuals contribute in many ways to ensure completion of a project. With that thought in mind, I express my heartfelt gratitude to those who helped me start and finish this book. First and foremost, I thank my loving wife, Shari, for giving me confidence, feedback, and several severe kicks in the pants to keep me on schedule. I wasn’t the most pleasant person to deal with when deadlines loomed and the words sometimes wouldn’t flow; she stuck with me and kept me going like no one else possibly could. Next are our two wonderful children, Gabi and Zachary, who understood that Daddy had more work to do long after the normal workday was over. I know ...