Oracle Databases on Amazon Web Services

Book excerpt: Oracle Databases on Amazon Web Services: A Foundational Approach explains how cloud computing technology can save companies time and money by running Oracle databases in a hosted, IaaS and PaaS environment, supporting any version of the Oracle database users may be running. While running an Oracle database in AWS is similar to running it off of your own hardware, there are a number of considerations to take into account when it comes to security, storage, configuration, management, and monitoring. Several experienced and well known authors from successful companies like Apps Associates, e-DBA, DLZP Group, and Dbvist guide readers through everything they need to know to utilize this powerful combination of services. Presents the first book to detail concise and practical information for running an Oracle database on AWS Provides step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions for installing, configuring, and managing Oracle on AWS Maps on-premises infrastructure and Oracle technologies and products to the AWS environment in an easy-to-understand format for Oracle database administrators, architects, and developers