Attain real solutions for current availability challenges‎.‎ Based on a "DBA‎-centric" approach to High Availability‎,‎ "Oracle Database 10g High Availability" concentrates on explaining Oracle Database 10g technologies and practices to database administrators‎,‎ covering general availability‎,‎ real application clusters ‎(‎RAC‎)‎‎,‎ disaster planning and recovery‎,‎ and distributed database solutions‎.‎ Hardware and application needs are also taken into account‎.‎ While Oracle Database 10g is the main focus‎,‎ many of the options discussed are available in earlier database releases‎.‎ Organized to provide conceptual understanding of High Availability‎,‎ included are "HA Workshops‎,‎" step‎-by‎-step instructions to get you through certain implementations‎,‎ plus real‎-world inspired case studies‎.‎