Reviews for Oracle Database 10g High Availability with RAC, Flashback & Data Guard: With RAC, Flashback and Data Guard (Osborne Oracle Press Series)

1. A Very Good Book

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, September 12th, 2007

   This book covers 3 main topics,in just over 400 pages. You'd maybe think that this was too much for a small-medium size book to cover well. Fear not - all 3 topics are well explained and useful workshops are included, too. For RAC, I would absolutely recommend "Pro Oracle Database 10g RAC on Linux" by Dyke & Shaw, as it's an enclyclopedia of RAC, and fills-in any gaps that "Oracle Database 10g High Availability with RAC..." has.

2. Explains high availability and the tools to use

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, August 12th, 2005

   I found this book very useful. As a novice OCP DBA I especially found the introduction to RAC and the step by step approach in the workshops very useful. The workshops can easily be tried out on your own LINUX box. Likewise I found the coverage of standby databases and how to use RMAN in a high availability environment very useful. I can recommend this book for its easy read and good way of explaining complicated issues like setting up RAC.