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Written by Oracle insiders, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about Real Application Clusters -- low-cost hardware platforms that can rival and exceed the quality of service, availability, and scalability of the most expensive mainframe systems.

• Concepts covered are applicable to all previous versions of Oracle
• Tuning and troubleshooting tips, providing insight on the most advanced diagnostics available
• Detailed coverage of advanced RAC concepts
• Working code for all examples available online

• High Availability Architecture and Clusters
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to High Availability and Scalability
  • Chapter 2: Clustering Basics and History
  • Chapter 3: RAC Architecture
• Installation, Configuration, and Storage
  • Chapter 4: RAC Preinstallation
  • Chapter 5: RAC Installation
  • Chapter 6: Automatic Storage Management
• RAC Administration and Management
  • Chapter 7: RAC Basic Administration
  • Chapter 8: RAC Advanced Administration
  • Chapter 9: RAC Backup and Recovery
  • Chapter 10: RAC Performance Management
• Advanced Concepts in RAC
  • Chapter 11: Global Resource Directory
  • Chapter 12: A Closer Look at Cache Fusion
  • Chapter 13: Workload and Connection Management
  • Chapter 14: RAC Troubleshooting
• Deploying RAC
  • Chapter 15: RAC Extensions
  • Chapter 16: Developing Applications for RAC

• A: RAC Reference
• B: Adding and removing cluster nodes
• C: References