Oracle Disk I/O Tuning: Disk I/O Performance & Optimization for Oracle Databases (Oracle In-Focus series)

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Summary: Outstanding Coverage of Oracle disk Internals
Review: I'm an unabashed fan of Mike Ault and I have every one of his books. Mike has always emphasized the importance of disk I/O in Oracle tuning and I'm glad to finally have a whole book on the topic.

The text is very Oracle-centric, concise and shows all of the areas where Oracle performance declines from a bad disk layout. Rather than just being an overview, Ault dives deep into the I/O internals and shows at a microscopic level how Oracle interacts with the disk I/O sub-system.

This is one of Mike's best books in years, and that's really saying something.


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Summary: Mike Ault knows ORACLE!
Review: Mike's books are always useful and the knowledge gained here on I/O and Oracle are valuable and insightful. I have been reading Mike's books for years and they always apply to my work.

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Summary: Wrong Title
Review: This book has a wrong title. I thought it would provide good material about tuning oracle disk i/o performance at expert level, but actually it is an introductory book on how disks work in general. It has a cheating title. Fortunately it's not that expensive.