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Published inApr 2010
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April Sims
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April Sims is currently the Database Administrator at Southern Utah University and an Oracle Certified Professional: 8i, 9i, and 10g with a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. Involved as a volunteer with the Independent Oracle Users Group for over 7 years, April is currently a Contributing Editor for the IOUG "SELECT" Journal. April is an annual presenter at Oracle OpenWorld, IOUG COLLABORATE, and numerous regional Oracle-related conferences.
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Optimizing Oracle Database High Availability


This section deals with the choices a DBA (as part of a team) must make to provide as much uptime as possible for an Oracle database. Consider this section to be essential in providing quality service and data protection for your customers. Each new version of Oracle provides an ever-deepening pool of features to maximize the availability of the database that comes as standard with the Enterprise License. These are the items that will be covered in the following section:

  • Archivelog mode

  • Database compatibility parameter and apfile, pfile management

  • Storage—RAID, SAME, ASM, OMF

  • Mirrored files—control files, redo logs

  • Autoextending data files with MaxSize

  • Auditing, log files, and Max Dump File Size

  • Data Dictionary Healthcheck

  • SQL*Net hardening, tuning, and troubleshooting

At this point, it is time to remind you about documenting changes to the database—start a formal logging procedure whether it is a spreadsheet, Wiki log, or Word document. Start a system...

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April Sims

April Sims is currently the Database Administrator at Southern Utah University and an Oracle Certified Professional: 8i, 9i, and 10g with a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. Involved as a volunteer with the Independent Oracle Users Group for over 7 years, April is currently a Contributing Editor for the IOUG "SELECT" Journal. April is an annual presenter at Oracle OpenWorld, IOUG COLLABORATE, and numerous regional Oracle-related conferences.
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