This comprehensive guide has been fully updated to cover the latest features and tools of Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c

Through clear instruction and detailed examples, Oracle Database 12c Real Application Clusters Handbook: Concepts, Administration, Tuning & Troubleshooting teaches how to build, configure, and maintain a dynamic enterprise computing infrastructure. This thoroughly revised edition covers best uses for the latest tools and features—all from the practical standpoint of a working DBA.

• Presents all the new information needed to effectively use Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c -considered the most radical overhaul ever
• Offers detailed coverage of troubleshooting, performance tuning, and application development

Part I: High Availability Architecture and Clustering Concepts
Chapter 1. Overview of High Availability
Chapter 2. Clustering Basics and History
Chapter 3. RAC Architecture

Part II: Installation, Configuration and Storage Management
Chapter 4. Grid Infrastructure
Chapter 5. Installation and Configuration of RAC
Chapter 6. Automatic Storage Management

Part III: RAC Administration and Management
Chapter 7. RAC Basic Administration
Chapter 8. Backup and Recovery in RAC Database
Chapter 9. Performance Tuning in RAC Database

Part IV: Advanced Concepts in RAC
Chapter 10. Global Resource Directory (GES and GCS)
Chapter 11. Cache Fusion – A Closer Look
Chapter 12. Load Balancing
Chapter 13. RAC Troubleshooting

Part V: RAC Extensions
Chapter 14. RAC extensions
Chapter 15. Oracle Engineered Systems
Chapter 16. Developing Applications for RAC

Appendix A. Initialization Parameters and their descriptions
Appendix B. References
Appendix C. Additional Resources
Appendix D. Sample Scripts