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Summary: A "must have" for time-constrained DBA's.
Review: This book makes finding those buried nuggets of Oracle's keys to performance optimization very fast and easy. I found the scripts to be an invaluable tool for learning by seeing and a great way to understand what's going on under the covers of the DB engine. It has fast become one of my most used reference books and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: The only Oracle tuning book I need
Review: This is the perfect read for my DBA brethren who are confused by Oracle's built-in version specific, performance-related features. Robin Schumacher does an excellent job of boiling down where you could versus where you should concentrate your performance analysis efforts and then provides simple, practical alternatives and methods for diagnosing and correcting headaches familiar to most DBAs. Where many authors limit the scope of such topics to "down-in-the-database" mechanics, Schumacher explores how external factors, such as foundational design and infrastructure, need to be folded into the optimal application/database performance mix. A must read for anyone serious about managing and optimizing performance across all versions of Oracle!
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Summary: No nonsense approach to improving Oracle performance.
Review: This is the perfect read for my DBA brethren who are confused by Oracle's built-in version specific, performance-related features. Robin Schumacher does an excellent job of boiling down where you could versus where you should concentrate your performance analysis efforts and then provides simple, practical alternatives and methods for diagnosing and correcting headaches familiar to most DBAs. Where many authors limit the scope of such topics to "down-in-the-database" mechanics, Schumacher explores how external factors, such as foundational design and infrastructure, need to be folded into the optimal application/database performance mix. A must read for anyone serious about managing and optimizing performance across all versions of Oracle!
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