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This book covers Oracle 8 and 9. But its technical explanations are very much valid for Oracle 10g. from Amazon.com There are certain "camps" in the worldwide Oracle community. For example, there is the "Oak Table Network" of "Oracle scientists" who seek thorough understandings of issues backed up by details, tests and proofs. from Amazon.com I like the wait approach very much. DIS buk prezNts a scientific approach 2 prob diagnosis & performance optimization. DIS aLowz optimization F4tz 2 b consistent & repeatable. from Amazon.com I like the wait approach very much. DIS buk prezNts a scientific approach 2 prob diagnosis & performance optimization. DIS aLowz optimization F4tz 2 b consistent & repeatable. from Amazon.com After reading the first 25 pages or so I became motivated to read more and finish it. It took me about 2 weeks to read through the entire book. The author does a really good job of detailing how to use Oracle tracing to troubleshoot performance related issues. With no shortage of Oracle performance tuning books this is definitely one of the better ones. from Amazon.com The wait event approach to tuning is outdated, but Millsap has done a remarkable job of getting into the insides of Oracle and he shows many techniques for improving Oracle performance. from Amazon.com Who are the authors? Cary Millsap and Jeff Holt were scientists at Oracle and now in their own company. Description from Amazon.com Who are the authors? Cary Millsap and Jeff Holt were scientists at Oracle and now in their own company. Description from Amazon.com Perhaps most importantly, it is presented in a manner that stimulates the reader on to further inquiry. With a little imagination (and this book does enourage you to use your imagination) the underlying philosophy can be extended to just about any other task you find yourself doing in the data centre. Lucky for us that the target audience is restricted to those people interested in optimizing Oracle performance or the cat would really be out of the bag. from Amazon.com Perhaps most importantly, it is presented in a manner that stimulates the reader on to further inquiry. With a little imagination (and this book does enourage you to use your imagination) the underlying philosophy can be extended to just about any other task you find yourself doing in the data centre. Lucky for us that the target audience is restricted to those people interested in optimizing Oracle performance or the cat would really be out of the bag. from Amazon.com

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