Oracle Database 11g New Features for DBAs and Developers

Oracle Database 11g : New Features for DBAs and Developers is a comprehensive, example–laden review of the most significant new features and improvements offered by the latest release of Oracle Corporation's flagship database product.

• Learn what's new in Oracle that really counts
• See actual examples and test run output
• Make sound decisions on new feature adoption

Sift the gold from the silt and discover which new features of the latest release of Oracle's flagship database product are really worth adopting. Years of database administration experience from authors Sam Alapati and Charles Kim are combined with sound, step–by–step testing and a heart–felt emphasis on what matters in the real–world to help you get the most out of Oracle Database 11g.

Installing, Upgrading, and Managing Change.- Database Diagnosability and Failure Repair.- Database Administration.- Performance Management.- Database Security.- Backup and Recovery.- Data Pump.- Oracle Streams.- Storage Management.- Data Guard.- Application Development.- Data Warehousing.

Sam R. Alapati is an experienced Oracle database administrator who holds the Oracle Certified Professional designation and the Hewlett-Packard UNIX System Administrator certification. He currently manages Oracle databases at the Boy Scouts of America's national headquarters in Los Colinas, Texas. Alapati has been dealing with databases for a long time, including the Ingres RDBMS in the mid-1980s. He is also well-versed in the Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, and IBM DB2 database management systems.