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OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide

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OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide

Overview of this book

Oracle Database Server is the most widely used relational database in the world today. This book gives you the essential skills to master the fundamentals of Oracle database administration and prepares you for Oracle DBA certification."OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide" prepares you to master the fundamentals of Oracle database administration using an example driven method that is easy to understand. The real world examples will prepare you to face the daily challenges of being a database administrator.Starting with the essentials of why databases are important in today's information technology world and how they work, you are then guided through a full, customized installation of the Oracle software and creating your own personal database. We then examine fundamental concepts of Oracle, including architecture, storage structures, security, performance tuning, networking, and instance management. Finally, we take an in-depth look at some of the most important concepts in the daily life of an Oracle DBA - backup, recovery, and data migration."OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide" provides you with the skills you need in order to become a successful Oracle DBA, both for certification and real life tasks.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.packtpub.com
Preface
Index

Reviewing the installation prerequisites


Now that we've looked at the concepts behind an Oracle installation and acquired our installation media, either DVD-ROM or a ZIP file, it's time to examine some of the prerequisites our system will need to meet prior to installation. We'll look at both hardware and software requirements as we prepare our installation.

Reviewing hardware prerequisites for an installation

The hardware requirements for an Oracle system boil down to the three basic resources used by any software application: CPU, memory, and disk space. It might be surprising that, although Oracle Database Server is the pre-eminent RDBMS in the world, its minimum hardware requirements aren't as vast as one might think. Of course, we must take into account that the minimum requirements won't support a large-scale production environment, but a minimum installation is sufficient for learning purposes and executing the examples in this book. Although the hardware installation requirements are...