Preface
Review the following topics to:
- Discover how you can use this document to learn about Oracle Sharding
- Get accessibility information for this document
- See a list of related documents that may help you design, develop, deploy, and manage your Oracle Sharding environment
- Learn about typographic conventions used in this document
Audience
This document was written with a wide variety of audienaces in mind. System and application architects can use it to evaluate Oracle Sharding suitability for their requirements. IT managers can scope out the work needed to implement Oracle Sharding for proof of concept and production deployments. Database administrators can find information to help them deploy and maintain a sharded database. Application developers can learn about any code changes for using Oracle Sharding. Finally, business analysts can use this document as a guide to figure out costing for an Oracle Sharding implementation.
Documentation Accessibility
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Related Documents
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Conventions
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