I have written on Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture(MAA) and 11g High Availability New Features before. Below is a quick reference prepared for 10g Release 2 single instance, RAC and standby instances;
- Multiplex redo log files,
- Use resumable space allocation – a simple example,
- Create at least two control files and multiplex them,
- Enable Flashback Database,
- Use Spfile,
- Use Automatic Undo Management,
- Use Automatic Segment Space Management,
- Use Locally Managed Tablespace Management,
- Use Locally Managed Temporary Tablespace Management,
- Enable Archivelog Mode,
- Use Flash Recovery Area,
- Resynchronizing the Recovery Catalog and setting time long enough for CONTROL_FILE_RECORD_KEEP_TIME parameter(default is 7 days),
- Specify a database default permanent and temporary tablespace other than SYSTEM and SYSAUX,
- Enable Block Checking,
- Use Auto-Tuned Checkpointing,
- Use Database Resource Manager,
- Log checkpoints to the alert.log,
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All above practices, and much more of them you may comment, affect the performance, availability and mean time to recover(MTTR) of your database. For more information please read Oracle® Database High Availability Best Practices 10g Release 2 (10.2) Guide and Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Advanced User’s Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) Guide
