2 Memory and processor tuning 2.1 UNIX memory model 2.2 Process memory model 2.3 Monitoring paging and swapping 2.4 Tuning paging etc.
3 Configuring and tuning I/O 3.1 UNIX I/O Model 3.2 Logical volume manager 3.3 Partitioning the disks 3.4 Setting the stripe width etc.
4 Application tuning: eliminating the SQL Bottleneck 4.1 Application architecture 4.2 Development environment 4.3 Tuning PRP* C Applications 4.4 The make file etc.
5 Tuning an OLTP System 5.1 Performance monitoring 5.2 Tuning I/O 5.3 Latches and locks 5.4 Tuning redo etc.
6 Tuning a decision support system (DSS) 6.1 The data warehouse 6.2 Requirements for a data warehouse 6.3 DSS Database design 6.4 Tuning I/O etc.
7 Media recovery 7.1 The system is down 7.2 System architecture 7.3 Hardware requirements 7.4 Selecting the backup and recovery tools etc.
8 NCA and objects 8.1 The network computing architecture 8.2 Oracle 8 Objects etc.