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Title: Oracle8i Internal Services for Waits, Latches, Locks, and Memory by Steve Adams ISBN: 1-56592-598-X Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (18 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Focused on a single topic and covers it exceptionally well
Comment: Steve Adams has collected and assembled a compendium of facts about a difficult aspect of Oracle: waits, latches, locks and meemory. His clearly written explanations will not only provide DBAs with an in-depth understanding of how these fit into the overall scheme of Oracle's design, but also will allow them to troubleshoot and resolve problems that would exasperate all but the demi-gods. Although the book would have benefited from a lot more than the two illustrations he saw fit to provide, his generous use of tables goes a long way towards making an obtuse subject clear. I would have liked more examples than the outputs he uses to show results of queries, but the lack of illustrations and better examples did not prevent me from undertanding every topic presented.

My wishlist notwithstanding, this book merits five stars because it provides a wealth of information and knowledge that you just can't find elsewhere. If you're an Oracle DBA you need this book.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book on internal services!
Comment: In five years of being Oracle DBA I never had to tune databases on such level that I would have to know internals on the level described in this book; knowing what's really going on behind all those fancy statistics, using hidden parameters, events or X$ tables directly. I guess I was lucky so far. I think that this book is a must read for *any* DBA!

Having several books about tuning Oracle server on my bookshelf not a single one goes deeper in the explanation than this thiny one. We can only imagine and appreciate the time and knowledge that Steve Adams invested in this book.

One reminder to those of you who are searching for the definitive tuning guide ("do that, change that..."); Oracle8i Internal Services is not about that, here is what author wrote in the preface ..."My advanced Oracle performance-tuning book is still a dream. This little book is something else: an introduction to Oracle internals. It builds the foundation necessary for advanced performance tuning..."

There is only one thing that this book badly need - pictures! So Steve if you're reading this please include some pictures in your second edition (I hope there would be one!).

Rating: 5
Summary: A must for advanced tuning and trouble-shooting
Comment: Wait events are often the key to understanding 'what is going on' when Oracle performance problems occur during run time. This book does a great job giving an overview of the complex Oracle internals that underlie these wait events. Now, if you don't know what wait events are, this is not the book for you.

There are a few criticisms of this book, but they ignore the fact that this book is the first substantial overview of this often nefarious subject. Many, including myself, had attemtped to piece together the internal workings of Oracle using Oracle internal documents, speaking with Oracle developers, empirical tests, etc. with limited success. This book was a welcome relief and quite an eye-opener.

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