About the Authors

Martin Bach Martin is an Oracle consultant and overall technical enthusiast. He specialized in the Oracle DBMS in 2001, with his main interests in high availability and disaster recovery solutions for mission critical 24x7 systems. For a good few years now, Martin has had a lot of fun exploring many different types of Engineered Systems from an infrastructure and performance point of view. He is an Oracle Certified Master, Oracle Ace Director, and OakTable member. Previous publications include co-authoring Pro Oracle Database RAC 11g on Linux and Expert Consolidation in Oracle Database 12c. In addition, Martin maintains a weblog on http://martincarstenbach.wordpress.com where additional research about this book and other topics can be found. When he expresses his thoughts in tweets, he uses the twitter handle @MartinDBA.

Andy Colvin Andy is an Oracle consultant who specializes in infrastructure management. He began working in IT in 1999 as a network and systems administrator, supporting several Oracle environments. Andy joined Enkitec in 2006 and began to focus on Oracle Engineered Systems in 2010. In 2012, Andy was awarded Oracle ACE status for his online contributions, mainly found at http://oracle-ninja.com. When not patching or configuring an Exadata, Andy still enjoys working with networks and various operating systems. When he has something worth saying in less than 140 characters, he tweets at @acolvin.

Frits Hoogland Frits is an IT professional specializing in Oracle database performance and internals. Frits frequently presents on Oracle technical topics at conferences around the world. In 2009, he received an Oracle ACE award from the Oracle Technology Network and a year later became an Oracle ACE Director. In 2010, he joined the OakTable Network. In addition to developing his Oracle expertise, Frits investigates modern operating systems. Frits currently works at the Accenture Enkitec Group. Previous involvement with publications includes being the technical reviewer for Expert Oracle Database Architecture, Expert Consolidation in Oracle Database 12c, Expert Oracle SQL, Expert Oracle Enterprise Manager, and Practical Oracle Database Appliance. Frits keeps a weblog at http://fritshoogland.wordpress.com where additional research can be found.

Karl Arao currently works for Accenture Enkitec Group and has nine years of Oracle database consulting experience across a broad range of industries. He specializes in Performance, Resource Management, Capacity Planning, Consolidation, and Sizing. Prior to this, he was a Solutions Architect and an R&D guy. Karl is a proud member of OCP-DBA, RHCE, Oracle ACE, and the OakTable Network. He is a frequent speaker at Oracle conferences and shares his experiences, adventures, and discoveries in his blog (karlarao.wordpress.com), tweets at @karlarao, and owns a wiki (karlarao.tiddlyspot.com) where he shares his quick guides and documentations on technologies.

The foregoing are the authors who've prepared this second edition. Also having content in this book are the first-edition authors: Kerry Osborne, Randy Johnson, and Tanel Poder. While not contributing directly to this second edition, their support and guidance have been essential to keeping this work alive.