Oracle Exadata Recipes takes an example-based, problem/solution approach in showing how to size, install, configure, manage, monitor, optimize, and migrate Oracle database workloads on and to the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Whether you’re an Oracle Database administrator, Unix/Linux administrator, storage administrator, network administrator, or Oracle developer, Oracle Exadata Recipes provides effective and proven solutions to accomplish a wide variety of tasks on the Exadata Database Machine. You can feel confident using the reliable solutions that are demonstrated in this book in your enterprise Exadata environment.



Managing Oracle Exadata is unlike managing a traditional Oracle database. Oracle’s Exadata Database Machine is a pre-configured engineered system comprised of hardware and software, built to deliver extreme performance for Oracle Database workloads. Exadata delivers extreme performance by offering an optimally balanced hardware infrastructure with fast components at each layer of the engineered technology stack, as well as a unique set of Oracle software features designed to leverage the high-performing hardware infrastructure by reducing I/O demands. Let Oracle Exadata Recipes help you translate your existing Oracle Database knowledge into the exciting new growth area that is Oracle Exadata.

Helps extend your Oracle Database skillset to the fast-growing, Exadata platform
Presents information on managing Exadata in a helpful, example-based format
Clearly explains unique Exadata software and hardware features

What you’ll learn

Install and configure Exadata
Manage your Exadata hardware infrastructure
Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues
Manage smart scan and cell offload processing
Take advantage of Hybrid Columnar Compression
Deploy Smart Flash Cache and Smart Flash Logging
Ensure the health of your Exadata environment

Who this book is for

Oracle Exadata Recipes is for Oracle Database administrators, Unix/Linux administrators, storage administrators, backup administrators, network administrators, and Oracle developers who want to quickly learn to develop effective and proven solutions without reading through a lengthy manual scrubbing for techniques. Readers in a hurry will appreciate the recipe format that sets up solutions to common tasks as the centerpiece of the book.
Table of Contents

Exadata Hardware
Exadata Software
How Oracle Works on Exadata
Workload Qualification
Sizing Exadata
Preparing for Exadata
Administration and Diagnostics Utilities
Backup and Recovery
Storage Administration
Network Administration
Patching and Upgrades
Security
Monitoring Exadata Storage Cells
Host and Database Performance Monitoring
Smart Scan and Cell Offload
Hybrid Columnar Compression
I/O Resource Management and Instance Caging
Smart Flash Cache and Smart Flash Logging
Storage Indexes
Post-Installation Monitoring Tasks
Post-Install Database Tasks