Re: Oracle DB Best Practices on Linux x86_64

From: Justin Mungal <justin_at_n0de.ws>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:17:58 -0500
Message-ID: <CAO9=aUwhRAm-iGtUWLkFwFKA=Q-7c1Df=wbM28SGrqdjTzGj0g_at_mail.gmail.com>

I don't much care for the term either. What could be deemed a "best practice" in one situation may make no sense in another. Maybe it should be "practices that will help you not get fired," or "practices resulting from common sense and actually understanding Oracle." Hmm, remind me to never work in marketing.

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Mark W. Farnham <mwf_at_rsiz.com> wrote:

> 1) Use of the couplet “Best Practice(s)” is harmful.
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Justin Mungal
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> *Subject:* Oracle DB Best Practices on Linux x86_64
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> I have an interesting request from a customer to review the Oracle
> configuration on a couple servers for best practices. I've been checking
> things over; I haven't had a chance to talk to the customer yet, but seeing
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> Right now I've just looked at the very basic things that tend to come back
> and bite later on, or are just good things to configure in general:
> backups, multiplexed control/redo logs, memory settings, patch levels, log
> rotation, etc... but then again not all of them may be necessary, depending
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> Has anyone created some kind of generic best practices document, or a
> checklist of some kind? Arup Nanda's document from 2007 has some good
> points, so I would be looking for something like that I suppose.
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