Oracle Exadata Expert's Handbook - Tariq Farooq, Charles Kim, Nitin Vengurlekar, Sridhar Avantsa, Guy Harrison

Oracle Exadata Expert's Handbook

Buch | Softcover
544 Seiten
2015
Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-321-99260-4 (ISBN)
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The Practical, Authoritative, 360-Degree Technical Guide to Oracle Exadata: From Setup to Administration, Optimization, Tuning, and Troubleshooting

 

The blazingly fast Oracle Exadata Database Machine is being embraced by thousands of large-scale users worldwide: by governments, the military, enterprise organizations, cloud service providers, and anyone who needs extreme performance. Now, Oracle Exadata Expert’s Handbook provides authoritative guidance to running Oracle Exadata with maximum reliability, effectiveness, performance, and efficiency.

 

Six renowned Oracle technology experts have brought together core technical information, experience, best practices, and insider tips in a concise reference. Covering both 11g and 12c versions of Oracle Exadata software, they deliver hands-on coverage of best practices, setup, migration, monitoring, administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. Whether you’re an Oracle Exadata DBA, DMA, architect, or manager, you need these insights.

 



Get a 360-degree overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine
Efficiently deploy RAC within the Oracle Exadata ecosystem
Fully leverage Storage Cell’s extraordinary performance, via Offloading, Smart Scans, and Hybrid Columnar Compression
Manage Exadata with OEM 12c: perform setup, configuration, asset/target discovery, and day-to-day administration
Tune Oracle Exadata for even better performance
Perform Exadata Backup/Recovery/DR with RMAN and Data Guard
Migrate to Oracle Exadata from other platforms
Use Oracle Exadata with the ZFS Storage Appliance
Consolidate within the Exadata Database Cloud

 

Tariq Farooq, Oracle ACE director and Oracle RAC certified expert, has spent more than twenty-four years working with Oracle technologies in highly complex environments. He was the founding president of the IOUG Virtualization and Cloud Computing SIG; founded the BrainSurface Social Network; and is an award-winning speaker, author, forumizer, blogger, and active community leader/organizer.   Charles Kim, Oracle ACE director, Oracle certified DBA, Certified RAC expert, and VMware vExpert, is co-founder and president of Viscosity North America. He specializes in Exadata, RAC, and virtualization.   Nitin Vengurlekar, co-founder/CTO of Viscosity North America, is a seasoned systems architect specializing in highly available Oracle systems. He spent seventeen years at Oracle, primarily in RAC engineering. Sridhar Avantsa, associate practice director at ROLTA Solutions/Americas and EMEA. He was formerly senior DBA/database engineer at Amazon.com.   Guy Harrison, a world-renowned database expert, is executive director of R&D at Dell Quest Software. There, he leads development for the Toad family of database and BI tools.   Syed Jaffar Hussain, DB architect at Alinma Bank, is an Oracle certified master (10g); Oracle ACE director; Oracle RAC certified expert; and OCP v8i, v9i, v10g and v11g DBA. He has spent a decade consulting on Oracle with international clients and was Oracle Magazine’s 2011 DBA of the year.  

Preface    xvii

Acknowledgments    xix

About the Authors    xxiii

About the Technical Reviewers and Contributors    xxvii



 

Chapter 1: 360-Degree Overview of Exadata    1

An Exadata Synopsis   2

Hardware Architecture   5

Software Architecture   7

Models and Configuration Options   9

Examining an Exadata Machine   35

Summary   37

 

Chapter 2: Real Application Clusters (RAC) in Exadata    39

The Significance of RAC in Exadata   40

An Overview of RAC   41

Setting Up RAC Clusters in Exadata   43

Operational Best Practices   45

Managing RAC with OEM 12c   49

Common Utilities and Commands   50

Troubleshooting and Tuning RAC   55

Summary   59

 

Chapter 3: The Secret Sauce: Exadata Storage Cells    61

An Overview of Exadata Storage Server   61

Storage Architecture and Formulation   72

Disk Architecture in Non-Exadata   74

Disk Architecture in Exadata   74

System Users for Cell Administration   77

Managing the Cell Server   82

Troubleshooting the Cell Server   83

Storage Cell Startup and Shutdown   85

Solving Disk Problems   87

Enforcing Cell Security   89

Summary   92

 

Chapter 4: Flash Cache, Smart Scans, and Cell Offloading    93

Concepts of Exadata Flash Cache   93

Storage Server and Flash Cache   95

The Database and Flash Cache   99

Summary   120

 

Chapter 5: Exadata Compression: HCC Demystified    121

Columnar Storage Models   122

Oracle Implementation of DSM–Hybrid Columnar Compression   125

HCC and Performance   131

HCC and DML   140

HCC and Locking   144

Practical Uses of HCC   147

Summary   148

 

Chapter 6: Oracle Database 12c and Exadata 149

12c Partitioning Features   149

New 12c Optimizer Features   157

Information Lifecycle Management   164

Application Continuity   167

Multitenant Architecture   168

Exadata Software Updates   183

Summary   183

 

Chapter 7: Exadata Networking: Management and Administration    185

Exadata Network Components   185

The Role of the InfiniBand Network   186

Network Architecture   187

Network Setup Requirements   188

Troubleshooting Tools and Utilities   190

Log Files Collection   194

Integrated Lights Out Manager   195

OEM Cloud Control 12c   197

Summary   199

 

Chapter 8: Backup and Recovery and Data Guard    201

RMAN Disk-to-Disk Backups   202

Data Guard   216

Far Sync   233

Switchover Considerations   242

Summary   244

 

Chapter 9: Managing Exadata with OEM 12c    245

Exadata Targets Discovery   246

Oracle Exadata Plugins   248

Exadata Database Machine Discovery   250

Exadata Components   260

Summary   265

 

Chapter 10: Migrating to Exadata 267

Exadata Implementation Lifecycle   267

Phase I: Architectural Strategy   268

Phase II: Planning and Design   277

Phase III: Migration Testing   287

Exadata Migration Best Practices   290

Summary   291

 

Chapter 11: Upgrading and Patching Exadata and ZFS Storage Appliance    293

Planning an Exadata and ZFS Upgrade   294

Quarterly Full Stack Download   297

Patching Tools and Processes   297

Oracle Patch Types   302

Exadata High Availability Upgrades   305

Reviewing Settings with Exachk   306

Exadata Full Stack Upgrade   307

ZFS Upgrade   333

Summary   336

 

Chapter 12: ZFS Storage Appliance for Exadata    337

ZFS Family Line   338

Increased Storage Capacity   340

ZFSSA Browser User Interface   342

Creating NFS Shares   343

Preparing Exadata for Direct NFS   345

Other Industry Use Cases   355

Learning on the Simulator   355

Summary   356

 

Chapter 13: Exadata Performance Tuning    357

Oracle Performance Tuning   357

Application Design for Exadata   362

Database Design for Exadata   364

SQL Tuning for Exadata   372

Exadata RAC Tuning   374

Optimizing Exadata I/O   386

Summary   388

 

Chapter 14: Database Consolidation on Exadata    389

Database Consolidation Models   389

Exadata Consolidation Planning   390

Grouping Applications   391

Evaluating Sizing Requirements   393

Setting Up Exadata for Consolidation   394

Isolation Management   405

12c Pluggable Database   410

Summary   411

 

Chapter 15: Exadata Smart Flash Cache in Depth 413

Solid-State Disk Technology   413

Exadata Flash Hardware   422

Exadata Smart Flash Cache   423

Exadata Smart Flash Logging   433

Smart Flash Cache WriteBack   439

Summary   443

 

Chapter 16: Advanced Exadata Flash Configuration 445

Using Flash as Grid Disks   445

Flash Tablespace versus Flash Cache   451

Storage Tiering Solutions   458

Summary   463

 

Chapter 17: Exadata Tools and Utilities 465

Exadata Diagnostic Tools   465

InfiniBand Network Diagnostic Tools   469

Other Useful Exadata Commands   475

Monitoring Exadata Storage Cells   484

Summary   491

 

Index  493

 

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.7.2015
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 181 x 231 mm
Gewicht 702 g
Themenwelt Informatik Datenbanken Oracle
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
ISBN-10 0-321-99260-1 / 0321992601
ISBN-13 978-0-321-99260-4 / 9780321992604
Zustand Neuware
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