Attain real solutions for current availability challenges. Based on a “DBA-centric” approach to High Availability, Oracle Database 10g High Availability concentrates on explaining 10g technologies and practices to database administrators, covering general availability, real application clusters (RAC), disaster planning and recovery, and distributed database solutions. Hardware and application needs are also taken into account. While Oracle Database 10g is the main focus, many of the options discussed are available in earlier database releases. Organized to provide conceptual understanding of High Availability, included are “HA Workshops,” step-by-step instructions to get you through certain implementations, plus real-world inspired case studies.

Contents ：           

   PART I: Logical Availability
    1: Oracle and Availability: Illustrated Downtime Scenarios
    2: RDBMS Features for Availability
    3: Tuning Your Database for Availability

   PART II: Real Application Clusters
    4: RAC Setup and Configuration
    5: Database Administration in a RAC Environment
    6: Utility Computing: Applications as Services

   PART III: Disaster Planning
    7: Oracle Data Guard: Surviving the Disaster
    8: Backup and Recovery for High-Availability Environments
    9: Oracle Flashback: Surviving User-Induced Trauma

   PART IV: Distributed Database Solutions
    10: Oracle Streams for High Availability
    11: Oracle Net Configuration for Failover