Re: "Oracle Streams" by Madhu Tumma

Well, at USD $11.53, I guess you're not risking much...

On the other hand, I too find it disconcerting that most of the "Customer Reviews" I have seen on Amazon.com for Rampant Press books seem to be written by "customers" who coincidentally share a common name with an author of at least one other Rampant Press books. (The last one I looked at was a book authored by Donald K. Burleson with a customer review by somebody named "Mike Ault", as I recall.) But then this observation is probably not based on a statiscically significant sample, so it is perhaps unfair. Besides, I'm sure it *must* be a coincidence!

In any event, I allowed Rampant Press to get my $10.49 once in the past (figuring I wasn't "risking much"). There was little in that particular book that I did not already know; and much of what little novel content I did find struck me as either wrong, or dangerous, or both. I have promised myself that this would be the /last/ book I purchase from this publisher.

Still, I suppose if somebody were to /give/ me this Streams book for /free/ I would probably read it. After all, it had a /great/ review! ;-)

Cheers,
-- Mark Brinsmead

Alex Gorbachev wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is this one good?
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974599352/103-0891699-0877465?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance
> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974599352/103-0891699-0877465?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance>
>
> I can see the review from Mr. Burleson who was apparently an editor as
> well (well, expected for Rampant Press).
>
> The comment seem a bit odd to me:
>
> As the editor for this book I was able to read the in-depth
> utility of Oracle Streams and see how it is going to be a
> super-hot technology. Oracle Streams is a great replacement for
> the older standby-database technology and it's is also a great
> alternative to Oracle RAC clusters.
>
> Best of all, Oracle Streams is a great way to set-up a disaster
> recovery server, and also use the server for traffic. Tumma did an
> exceptional job on this book and I highly recommend it for anyone
> considering failover or disaster recovery solutions.
>
> Madhu's text goes far-beyond the nuts-and-bolts and he shares
> real-world secrets and techniques for using Oracle Streams in a
> mission-critical environment. If you need to understand high-speed
> Oracle replication, this is a must-have book.
>
>
> I am really surpised to consider Oracle Streams anywhere close to
> replacement of RAC. I am also quite skeptical to that it's an
> appropriate solution for DR... well, maybe... maybe...
> Anyway, I promised that two books from this Sir are the last ones that
> I have on my bookshelf (one of them was only edited by him though).
>
> No surprise on this one:
>
> 0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
>
>
> Is there an alternative reading (besides manuals) on Oracle Streams? I
> would buy this one but after few recent notes/blogs from some
> prominent authors I am kind of reassured that it might be just loosing
> my time. Or maybe this one is good to have?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Alex Gorbachev
>

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