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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Oracle Tuning Guide
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 Oracle 9i and 10g Tuning Guide
Tuning and optimizing performance tips and guidelines for
Oracle® 9i and 10g databases on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 4, 3
and 2.1
Edition 1.4
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This guide provides step by step instructions for tuning and optimizing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
on x86 and x86-64 platforms running Oracle®9i (32 bit or 64 bit) and Oracle®10g (32 bit or 64 bit)
standalone and RAC databases. It covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3 and 4 and the
older version 2.1.
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