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I haven't written it yet :), but Don G. and I have talked about writing it together a couple of times. The only thing stopping me from the attempt is the how much time it'll take me away from my kids.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Drake [mailto:paled_at_home.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 9:30 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: WAS: Re: OT - Wrap-up of 'Serious Question ' - now
> book idea -
> high
>
>
> antonio.belloni_at_hstern.com.br wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I have an idea for a book. I donīt know if it has been
> written before , but
> > I think that it would be very useful to a lot of people.
> >
> > Oracle High Availability:
> > - Recovery scenarios (The author could put scripts to
> backup archive logs ,
> > tips about archiving , recovering , how Oracle process
> instance recovery ,
> > case studies , etc...);
> > - Stand-by Databases (concepts , implementations , pitfalls
> , etc...);
> > - OPS (concepts , implementations , pitfalls , etc...);
> > - Replication (as a tool to keep another database in sync
> with production
> > databases);
> > - Hardware concepts (redundancy , RAID controllers ,
> clusters , SANs ,
> > etc...);
> > - Tips & Techniques for a 24 x 7 x 365 environment
> (administration , online
> > backups , archiving , change manegement , etc...);
> > - It could have a chapter with an overview or introduction
> about Oracle 9i
> > Real Application Clusters.
> >
> > If is there a book similar , sorry about the waste of time
> , and , please ,
> > could you give me the name of this book ??
> >
> > Regards,
> > Antonio Belloni
> >
>
> Antonio,
>
> A book covering some of this material already exists: Oracle
> 24x7 Tips &
> Techniques
>
> http://www.osborne.com/oracle/index.html
> http://www.bookpool.com/.x/sshhpzr290/sm/0072119993
>
> I'm not making a recommendation either way - I read the book some time
> ago, and thought it was good, but that was many books ago. My
> standards
> are likely to have risen - then again - I might get alot more
> out of it
> the second time thru.
>
> Chapter 19 is available online at the osborne site - "Builing a
> Real-World Arsenal".
>
>
> A book covering some of the Backup and Recovery material would be
> Oracle 8i Backup and Recovery Handbook - Velpuri - which has no less
> than 22 case studies listed.
> (Just don't expect to get any good NT backup scripts there).
>
>
> In general, your best bet is to stick to the papers published in this
> area - as you are much more likely to find individual topics discussed
> in a white paper format that are recent enough to be useful. So much
> high-avail material is platform-dependent - it would be difficult to
> assemble something across all platforms - and fit it into a
> single book.
>
> Tim Gorman's paper on High-Avail -
> http://www.evergreen-database.com/TD_HA.pdf
>
> You ask about:
> > - It could have a chapter with an overview or introduction
> about Oracle 9i
> > Real Application Clusters.
>
> I would suggest visiting the IOUG.org site.
> Here is one paper as an example - #114
> "An Introductiono to High Availability Solutions" by Brian McGraw
> Okay - its only introductory - but you have to start somewhere.
>
>
> (no surprise here) - I would also recommend searching Metalink
> http://metalink.oracle.com/
> here are some examples from the Technical Library for high avail
>
> Failover Issues and Limitations [Connect-time failover and
> TAF] 97926.1
> 8.0.x-8.1.x: Sample config for Transparent Application 69745.1
> Dead Connection Detection Explained 2061476.6
>
>
> Do you want someone to simply re-use the Oracle Documentation on the
> subject, or get advice from someone that has actually used
> the product?
> It seems to me that you won't see a book on such things until
> 12 months
> after it has been released - while you might see individual papers out
> much sooner. You'll just have to do a bit of searching on your own to
> find the info.
>
>
> (no surprise here) - I would also recommend searching Technet
> there is a section called "Oracle Real Application Clusters" at
> http://otn.oracle.com/products/oracle9i/content.html
>
> including:
> Managing Oracle9i Real Application Clusters
> Building Highly Available Database Servers Using Oracle Real
> Application
> Clusters
> Oracle9i Real Application Clusters, Cache Fusion Delivers Scalability
>
> that would certainly be a start.
>
> hth,
>
> Paul
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