In this book you\'ll learn how to properly configure and tune an Oracle database. This book starts with the basics, describing what OS and hardware components affect Oracle performance and why. From this basic understanding you will be able to better configure and tune your Oracle database system. The authors of this book are experienced in hardware and operating systems, as well as with the Oracle RDBMS. It is this unique perspective that makes this book different from other Oracle tuning books. This book\'s unique perspective on Oracle tuning provides information that other Oracle performance books do not, such as how RAID levels affect Oracle performance and the basic operation of a disk drive and how its performance limitations must be taken into account. Tuning an Oracle system involves more than tuning SQL statements. It involves proper sizing and capacity planning, and careful monitoring. This book teaches you how to do that.