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FIGURE 1-4. OEM Startup
Now that was quite a journey! We have covered database fundamentals, with an Oracle Database 10g flavor. Relational database management systems have been around for a few decades, and the release of Oracle Database 10g is a landmark in the industry. There have been many academic discussions about the grid technology—some claim Oracle Database 10g is a grid implementation, some don't. Regardless of which side of the fence you're on, Oracle Database 10g is a big step. Let's pull it all together and spend a bit of time on the big picture.
Oracle Database 10g is a collection of special files created using its database configuration assistant, then completing the work using OEM Grid Control. Access to these database files is facilitated by a set of shared memory processes referred to
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