On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Jenny Tsai-Smith <jenny.tsai@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > - an architecture diagram of the key processes, memory structures, and > files > - a categorization of the background processes, plus which ones are > started by default, which ones are required, and which ones are new (the > background > processes table in the > documentation<http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e17110/bgprocesses.htm#sthref4453>doesn't > include all of this info) > - the DBA views, and the RAC-related V$ views, are categorized > > Jenny, Thanks for letting us know. I do believe this is the first time for any official Oracle input on this list. I will give kudos for the architectural diagram, I really liked that. As I mentioned on another forum, it is a good start, but is missing a few things. Considering it is a skunk works<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunkworks_project> project, I guess we can't complain. :) Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com