Oracle Resources.

We would like to credit the authors of Oracle books that inspired development of Lab128 and mention web sites that have been a source of valuable information.

Books

James Morle, Scaling Oracle 8i. This book is available for free download at http://www.scaleabilities.co.uk ;
Steve Adams, Oracle 8i Internal Services. If you need information about Oracle internals visit Steve Adam's www.ixora.com.au web site;
Jonathan Lewis, Practical Oracle 8i and other books. Also visit www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk web site for practical advices on Oracle high performance;
Cary Millsap with Jeff Holt, Optimizing Oracle Performance. Also visit www.hotsos.com for more information on Oracle Response time-tuning tecnique;
Thomas Kyte, Effective Oracle by Design. Look for other exellent books by Tom Kyte. Also you can spend hours reading Q&A at "Ask Tom" site http://asktom.oracle.com;
Donald K. Burleson, Oracle9i High-Performance Tuning with STATSPACK;
K Gopalakrishnan, Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters Handbook.

Web sites

Oracle Metalink metalink.oracle.com ;
Oracle Technology Network (OTN) otn.oracle.com/ ;
Tom Kyte's Ask Tom asktom.oracle.com ;
The Oracle FAQ www.orafaq.com ;
Also see links listed in the Book section.