Re: some basic Unix for an Oracle startup DBA

Oracle & Unix Performance Tuning by Alomari I don't know if he updated it past version 8i though. But you'll also need to buy some unix starter book if you want to understand how 'unix' works, and that's vendor specific.

On 1 Mar 2005 19:12:53 -0800, "Ralph" <want_2_learn_more_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I realize that I need to bring my Unix knowledge to upto speed to be
>able to do Oracle DB Admin.
>
>I have to know (in more detail) the following:
>
>1. raw devices, logical volumes, cooked, c0t0d0s4, etc..
>
>2. file systems
>
>3. block device, raw device
>
>4. Type of file system best suited for Oracle, etc..
>
>Can someone suggest a good basic book for learning the above mentioned
>things. Thanks
>
>Ralph.
>

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