Oracle Database
11g DBA Handbook
,About the Authors
Bob Bryla is an Oracle 9i and 10g Certified Professional with more than 20 years of experience in
database design, database application development, training, and Oracle database administration.
He is the primary Internet database designer and an Oracle DBA at Lands’ End in Dodgeville,
Wisconsin.
In his spare time, he is a technical editor for a number of Oracle Press and Apress books, in
addition to authoring several certification study guides for Oracle 10g and Oracle 11g. He has
also been known to watch science fiction movies and read science fiction novels in his spare time.
Kevin Loney, Director of Data Management for a major financial institution, is an internationally
recognized expert in the design, development, administration, and tuning of Oracle databases.
An Oracle developer and DBA since 1987, he has implemented large-scale transaction processing
systems and data warehouses.
He is the author of numerous technical articles and the lead author or coauthor of such
best-selling books as Oracle: The Complete Reference. He regularly presents at Oracle user
conferences in North America and Europe, and in 2002 was named Consultant of the Year
by ORACLE Magazine.
About the Technical Editor
Scott Gossett is a Technical Director for Oracle Corporation’s Advanced Technology Solutions
organization specializing in RAC, performance tuning and high availability databases. Prior to
becoming a technical director, Scott was a Senior Principal Instructor for Oracle Education for
over twelve years, primarily teaching Oracle Internals, performance tuning, RAC and database
administration classes. In addition, Scott is one of the architects and primary authors of the Oracle
Certified Masters exam.
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