本书详细介绍了Oracle8i DBA性能调整及网络管理学习中的重点难点，通过循序渐进的讲解使学习者能够掌握这些重难点，从而深刻领悟其中的含义。

Introduction

Assessment Test

Part 1 OCP:Oracle8i Performance Tuning

Chapter 1 Introduction to Performance Tuning

Chapter 2 Sources of Tuning Information

Chapter 3 SQL Statement Tuning and Application Design

Chapter 4 Tuning the Shared Pool

Chapter 5 Tuning the Database Buffer Cache

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Part 2 OCP:Oracle8i Network Administration

Chapter 11 Introduction to Network Administration

Chapter 12 Oracle8i Net8 Architecture

Chapter 13 Configuring Oracle8i Net8 on the Server

Chapter 14 Configuring Oracle8i Net8 for the Client

Chapter 15 Centralizing Services with Oracle Names Server

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Appendix A Oracle8i Performance Tuning Practice Exam

Appendis B Oracle8i Netword Administration Practice Exam

Glossary

Rollback segments represent a special challenge to database tuning.Because every user must be able to get a read-consistent view of the database and be able to write before-image data for their transactions, rollback segments have a tendency to grow dynamically and be the source of heavy I/O.