Systematically identify and eliminate database performance problems with help from Oracle Certified Master Richard Niemiec. Filled with real-world case studies and best practices, Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques details the latest monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization methods. Find out how to find and fix bottlenecks, configure storage devices, execute effective queries, and develop bug-free SQL and PL/SQL code. Testing, reporting, and security enhancements are also covered in this Oracle Press guide.

• Properly index and partition Oracle Database 11g Release 2
• Work with Oracle Exadata and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
• Efficiently manage disk drives, RAID arrays, and memory
• Tune queries with Oracle SQL hints and the TRACE utility
• Troubleshoot databases using V$ views and X$ tables
• Distribute workload using Oracle Real Application Testing
• Generate reports using Oracle's Statspack and Automatic Workload Repository tools
• Use sar, vmstat, and iostat to monitor system statistics

“This is a timely update of Rich’s classic book on Oracle Database performance tuning to cover hot new topics like Oracle Database 11g Release 2 and Oracle Exadata. This is a must-have for DBAs moving to these new products.” --Andrew Mendelsohn, Senior Vice President, Oracle Database Server Technologies