Table of Contents

Grid computing Utility computing & clusters Performance & availability RAC architecture Preparing shared storage Install, configure & create Cache fusion & instance recovery RAC administration Managing & using Oracle Grid control Oracle failover with TAF Application deployment RAC design considerations Oracle RAC Backup & recovery Performance monitoring & tuning RAC migration topics Oracle RAC & parallel processing

About the Author

Mike Ault is a senior technical management consultant with TUSC and holds five Oracle master certificates. He is the author of 14 Oracle-related books, including "Oracle 9i RAC" and "Oracle DBA Exam Cram." He lives in Alpharetta, Georgia. Madhu Tumma has been a software developer, IT manager, database administrator, and technical consultant and has worked on a wide variety of projects and environments, including mainframe, client-server, eBusiness, and managed services. He has consulted a variety of clients on database clusters, business continuity, and high availability solutions. He is a frequent speaker at Oracle World and IOUG, where he has presented many technical papers and is the author of "Oracle 9i RAC." He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.