Tuning the Database

Abstract

Business requirements like availability and scalability are some of the main features that are most often provided by the database vendor through some of their database products. For example, RAC, a feature that is available from Oracle Corporation, provides availability and scalability. With RAC, multiple instances can access a common shared database and, as the user base increases, additional instances can be added. Similarly, the requirement to provide high availability can be implemented using Oracle Data Guard (ODG). Certain business requirements can be implemented using certain database features, whereas other requirements such as throughput, recoverability, maintainability, manageability, security, and internationalization all come from good database design.