Preface

This preface contains the following topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

This guide is intended for Oracle database administrators (DBAs) who want to tune and optimize the performance of Oracle Database. Before using this document, you should complete Oracle Database 2 Day DBA.

In particular, this guide is targeted toward the following groups of users:

• Oracle DBAs who want to acquire database performance tuning skills

• DBAs who are new to Oracle Database

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Websites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to websites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these websites.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/support/contact.html or visit http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/support.html if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information about the topics covered in this document, see the following documents:

• Oracle Database 2 Day DBA

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this document: