Oracle Parallel Processing

Tushar Mahapatra has been working as a software developer and consultant since 1987 and has worked on a variety of OLTP and DSS projects using the Oracle database. Presently, as a database architect for a Fortune 500 company, he is responsible for the design, implementation, and deployment of applications in an Oracle Parallel Server environment. He also runs a small consulting company that provides database design, application development, and database administration services for Oracle databases. Tushar has a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a master's degree in Computer Science and Management. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Sasmita and their two children. He can be reached by email at tkm@mitrasystems.com. Sanjay Mishra is a certified Oracle database administrator with more than nine years of IT experience. For the past six years, he has been involved in the design, architecture, and implementation of many mission- critical and decision support databases. He has worked extensively in the areas of database architecture, database management, backup/recovery, disaster planning, performance tuning, Oracle Parallel Server, and parallel execution. He has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Engineering degree in Systems Science and Automation. He loves hiking and trekking and has climbed a mountain pass more than 12,000 feet high in the Himalayas. He is married to Sudipti, and both of them like movies and are ardent cricket fans. He can be reached at skm69@hotmail.com.