A good book on Unix (from a DBA perspective) is needed

Hi everyone,
I am familiar with several Unix OS on a user level. However, when dealing with Oracle issues I often find that they are interrelated with OS issues. Can anyone recommend a good book on fundamentals of Unix (or more specifically, Solaris) system administration with some coverage of performance troubleshooting?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Nikolay
Edited by: Nikolay Savvinov on Mar 19, 2012 5:52 AM

Nikolay Savvinov wrote:
I recommend that you stay away from any books by Mr. Burleson. Two ways to handle that - stay away, or understand and confirm. A good book will declare the s/w version for any assertion and will provide supporting tests for each assertion. Rampart books do have a fair bit of useful information. I've just learned to test every statement before relying on it, unless I know the actual author personally. And that should be true for any author - Tom Kyte and Jonathan Lewis encourage verifying nearly everything, in part because even simple environment changes can impact the result.
I find there are no real solid books on the topic - I've been putzing with one for a few years now, but OCD keeps geting in the ... Oh look, a rabbit ...
The closest right now seem to be the combination of
Oracle8i Internal Services for Waits, Latches, Locks, and Memory (Steve Adams)
http://www.amazon.com/Oracle8i-Internal-Services-Latches-Memory/dp/156592598X
which is still very valid, even though dated.
And
Oracle® Database Administrator's Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2) for Linux and UNIX-Based Operating Systems
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e10839/toc.htm

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