Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 16:29:16 EST From: "Rob Slade, Social Convener to the Net" Subject: "Oracle Performance Tuning" by Corrigan/Gurry BKORPETU.RVW 950510 %A Peter Corrigan %A Mark Gurry %C 103 Morris Street, Suite A, Sebastopol, CA 95472 %D 1993 %G 1-56592-048-1 %I O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. %O U$34.95 800-998-9938 707-829-0515 fax: 707-829-0104 nuts@ora.com %P 603 %T "ORACLE Performance Tuning" "ORACLE Performance Tuning", Corrigan/Gurry, 1993, 1-56592-048-1, U$34.95 Performance tuning can be used not only to improve response times, but also to reduce capital (by eliminating the need for upgrades) or operating (by allowing "downsizing") costs. The more complex the system, however, the more complicated the tuning decisions. Client/server models can reduce CPU demand, but possibly add a new bottleneck in the network, itself. ORACLE is a powerful, functional, and flexible, but therefore very complex, database management system. Corrigan and Gurry have produced a masterful, practical, and, above all, readable manual for performance tuning on ORACLE systems. There are conceptual and detailed explanations as well as tips and guides for managers and planners, designers and analysts, programmers, database administrators, and system administrators. As ad hoc reporting and queries rise, with the advent of easier-to-use tools, even the ORACLE user might benefit from some insight into what is going on behind the scenes. (OK, the *advanced* user.) copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995 BKORPETU.RVW 950510 ====================== ROBERTS@decus.ca, RSlade@sfu.ca, Rob Slade at 1:153/733 RSlade@cyberstore.ca "A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education." -G B Shaw Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94311-0/3-540-94311-0