What every system administrator needs to know for effective and efficient database management.

Kevin Loney (Wilmington, DE) is a veteran Oracle developer and DBA. He is the author of the best-selling Oracle8 DBA Handbook and co-author of Advanced Tuning and Administration and Oracle8i: The Complete Reference. He frequently makes presentations at Oracle conferences and contributes to Oracle Magazine

Part I: Database Architecture.The ORACLE Architecture.Hardware Configurations and Considerations.Logical Database Layouts.Part II: Database Management.Managing the Development Process.Monitoring Multiple Databases.Managing Rollback Segments.Database Tuning.Database Security and Auditing.Optimal Backup and Recovery Procedures.Managing Oracle Financials and Other Packages and Utilities.Managing Large Databases.Part III: Networked ORACLE.SQL*Net V2 and Net8.Networking in UNIX.Managing Distributed Databases.Configuring Client-Server and Network Computing Environments.Part IV: Appendices: A: Migrating from ORACLE7 to ORACLE8.B: Managing the ORACLE Enterprise Manager.C: SQL Reference for DBA Commands.