Achieving Extreme Performance with Oracle Exadata

Introduction

You are holding the first comprehensive book covering the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. You might be holding this book because of your desire to know more about exactly what this technology can do for you, but you and your fellow readers have come to this place from different starting points. You could be investigating the Exadata Database Machine because you are a longtime Oracle user who is curious as to the new capabilities you will get with this platform. Your curiosity may have been sparked by the large amount of publicity around the Exadata Database Machine, from Oracle, the press, and industry analysts. Or you might be approaching Exadata with a fair amount of skepticism, since new platforms that can deliver orders of magnitude ...