Oracle Architecture: The Systems Infrastructure About Enterprise Architectures The Relational Database Legacy Computing Models The Multi-Tiered Computing Model Scaling Up Cloud-Based Deployment Oracle Infrastructure Ecosystem Using Oracle Enterprise Manager More About EM Using EM Database Express Using EM Cloud Control

Oracle Architecture: The Database Host The Database Server Stack Processor Layer CPU Resources Memory Resources I/O & Storage Processing OS Layer Processing Modes Database Server Virtualization Storage Virtualization Oracle Database Server Stack Oracle Engineered Systems Oracle Exadata Database Platform Exalogic Cloud Machine Exalytics BI Machine

Oracle Architecture: The RDBMS Installation & The Database Instance The Database Server Software Database Versions & Releases Database Editions Using PRODUCT_COMPONENT_VERSION View The Core Database Components Using V$VERSION View Understanding The Database Version Number The COMPATIBLE Database Parameter Database Instance Elements Individual Elements Of A Database Instance Physical Database Elements An Operational Database installation Database Instance Configurations Single Instance Parameter Files & Instance Configuration MAX_STRING_SIZE Parameter Example Independent Instances Clustered Instances The Database Instance In A Multi-tenant Configuration Reconfiguring A Database Instance Static Vs. Dynamic Parameters Dynamic Parameter Setting Parameter Setting Scope Parameter Setting Level Setting Upgrade Related Parameters Database Components Advanced Data Functionality Components Security Components High-Performance Components Administration Components Database Feature Usage

Oracle Database Instance: Memory Architecture Shared & Private Memory SGA Internals The Buffer Cache The Database Smart Flash Cache The Redo Log Buffer The Shared Pool The Large Pool The Java Pool Unified Auditing Queues PGA Internals What Is Inside The PGA? Tunable & Non-tunable PGA Space Client-Side Cursors Where Is The PGA Stored? PGA/UGA In Shared Server Mode PGA/UGA With Optional Large Pool LOB Objects & Memory Handling LOB Buffer Caching Shared I/O Pool LOB Workspace & The PGA Instance Memory Management About Automatic Memory Management Default Settings Configure MEMORY_TARGET Parameter Configure SGA_TARGET Parameter Configure PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET Parameter PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT Parameter Configure Memory Using EM DE

Oracle Database Instance: Background Process Architecture Foreground Vs. Background About The Background Processes The Background Processes Linux System Processes The DBWR Process The LGWR Process Checkpoints And The CKPT Process The SMON Process The PMON Process The LREG Process The ARCH Process The RECO Process The CJQx Process The DBRM Process The Management Framework Processes Flashback Data Archive (FBDA) Process Fault Diagnostics Other Housekeeping Processes Background Process Performance Monitors Threaded Mode About Process Mode About Threaded Mode Kernel Errors & Exceptions The Error Message The Error Message Stack Kernel Errors & Core Dumps ORA-006xx & ORA-07445 Errors Understanding The Kernel Errors The Kernel Module Kernel Module Arguments Diagnostic Modules The Call Stack Trace ORA-600/ORA-7445/ORA-700 Error Lookup Tool

Oracle Database Instance: Foreground Process Architecture Dedicated Server Mode Session Details From V$SESSION View Session Details From EM Database Express What Is The Impact Of Dedicated Server Mode? Shared Servers Mode Processing SQL In Shared Servers Mode Comparing Dedicated Server & Shared Servers Mode Dedicated Server Mode Client Connection Dedicated Server Mode SQL Statement Execution Shared Servers Mode Client Connection Shared Servers Mode SQL Statement Execution Consider Dedicated Server Mode Consider Shared Servers Mode Shared Servers Mode Advantages Choosing The SQL Execution Mode Instance-Level SQL Execution Mode Configuration Session-Level SQL Execution Mode Configuration Parallel SQL Execution What Is Parallel Execution? The Impact On SQL Statement Execution SQL Statement Execution Parse Phase Execute Phase Fetch Phase SQL Optimization & Execution Plans Optimization Methods Rule-Based Optimizer Cost-Based Optimizer Automatic Tuning Optimizer Adaptive Execution Plans Adaptive Statistics

Oracle Database Storage Architecture: Logical Database Objects About Database Objects Relational Database Objects List Database-Resident Program Units Additional Database Objects Database Objects Illustrated Database Objects Context The Data Dictionary Schema(s) Making An Object Reference Explicit Schema Context Explicit Database Context Partition Context Editions Context & Redefinition About Application Upgrades About Application Downtime The Edition Hierarchy The Editions In Action

Oracle Database Storage Architecture: Physical Database Files About The Database Files Server Parameter Files CONTROL Files REDO LOG Files DIAGNOSTIC Files What Are The Diagnostic Files? EM Cloud Control Access The MAX_DUMP_FILE_SIZE Parameter The DIAGNOSTIC_DEST Parameter The Log Files Text Alert Log Contents Viewing Text Alert Log Contents Viewing Alert Log Errors Maintaining The Alert Log The Trace Files Background Process Trace Files SQL Execution Process (User) Trace Files Incident Dump Files Core Dump Files Trace Files At The OS Level Sample DIAG Trace File Monitoring Trace File Space Usage Maintaining The Trace Directories Files In A Multi-Tenant Database

Oracle Database Storage Architecture: Tablespaces Tablespaces & Data Files Peering Into The Tablespace Storage Hierarchy More About Clustered Table Storage More About The RowID Hybrid Columnar Compression Temporary Segments About Temporary Segments About Temporary Tablespace Groups Advantages INDEX Segments B-tree Index Segments Bitmap Index Segments