Oracle on VMware: From Laptops to Production: Expert Tips for Database Visualization - Brossura

Scalzo, Bert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0979795141 ISBN 13: 9780979795145

Casa editrice: Rampant Techpress, 2008

Riassunto

Successfully meeting the challenges of combining VMware and Oracle, this comprehensive reference provides a broad spectrum of technological recommendations that demonstrate how to reliably and consistently achieve optimal configuration and maximum performance for any virtualized Oracle database scenario. The guide includes the best practices for virtualized servers, suggested virtualization server configuration, and recommendations for client operating system configuration for Oracle in a virtualized world. With real-world examples and highly applicable advice, this handbook also details the complexities of designing, configuring, maintaining, and tuning Oracle database deployments, making it a complete compendium for keeping virtualized Oracle databases in top form.

Su questo libro

L'autore

Dr. Bert Scalzo is a database architect for Quest software and the author of

Advanced Oracle Utilities: The Definitive Reference; Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle 10g & SQL Server 2005; Oracle DBA Guide to Data Warehousing and Star Schemas; TOAD Handbook; and TOAD Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition. He holds several Oracle masters certifications and has a PhD in computer science. He lives in Flower Mound, Texas.

Contenuti

Preface
Prologue
Enter Oracle vmware
A brief history of Oracle virtualization
The second age of mainframe computing

Chapter 1: Introduction
What is Virtualization?
Virtualization’s Popularity
Virtualization’s Benefits
Virtualization Support
Why VMware
Future Trends
Oracle’s Own VM
Conclusion

Chapter 2: Architecture
Reasonable Choices
Performance Ramifications
Ever Increasing Abstraction
Virtualized Oracle Architecture
Additional Complexities
Conclusion

Chapter 3: Host Setup
Host Impacts
Hardware Considerations
BIOS Basics
Host OS Selection
Host OS Install
Incremental Host Tuning
Optimize by Subsystem
Optimizing Linux
Optimizing Windows
Quick Reference
Conclusion

Chapter 4: Guest Setup
Virtual Impacts
Virtual Ramifications
VM Creation
VM Customization
Incremental Guest Tuning
Optimize by Subsystem
Quick Reference
Conclusion

Chapter 5: Oracle 11g Setup
Overview
Preparation
Host Setup
VMware Host Settings
Client Operating System
Oracle 11g Software Install
Create the Demo Database
DB Auto-Start
Conclusion

Chapter 6: Pseudo RAC Setup
Overview
Preparation
VMware Host Settings
Virtual Machine Setup
Client Operating System
Oracle 10G Software Install
Create the RAC Database
RAC Auto-Start
Conclusion

Chapter 7: True RAC Setup
Overview
RAC and VM Compatibility
Preparation
VMware Host Settings
Virtual Machine Setup
Remaining Steps Same
Other Things that Matter
Conclusion

Chapter 8: Performance Comparisons
Overview
The Benchmarking Process
Benchmarking Quick Bites
Benchmarking Best Practices
Selecting Among Benchmarks
Relative Results
Conclusion

Chapter 9: Additional Tuning Thoughts
Overview
Two Basic Approaches
Why Two Approaches
Yet a Third Dimension
Virtualization Wrinkles
Interesting Possibilities
Conclusion

Chapter 10: Oracle Virtual Appliances
Overview
Software Delivery
Content Delivery
Repository Platforms
Application Development
Education & Learning
Book’s Virtual Machine
Conclusion

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Rampant Techpress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0979795141
• ISBN 13: 9780979795145
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 223