Seeking book recommendation for DBA best practices

Good afternoon,
I've been reading a lot of documentation on Oracle and learning quite a number of commands and different ways of doing things. The problem is knowing the commands is one thing, creating the context where they are appropriate/best is another.
I am looking for a book where the authors share their experience as to "how to do it right" as far as database configuration, backups and all the "details" that are involved in setting up a sound, reliable, robust, manageable and productive environment. A book where the authors would present the "why" do it this way and not the other would be great.
Effectively, I want to gain "experience" vicariously ;)
Thank you for your help,
John.

Hi John,
I am sure that you would like the Scaling book. Reason for that is the snippet of information that you have mentioned about your past work, the book goes into great detail of internals. As I said internals and you do research a lot, bookmark this site http://www.ixora.com.au (Steve Adams) and also get his book,
http://www.amazon.com/Oracle8i-Internal-Services-Latches-Memory/dp/156592598X
Fair warning that lots of stuff has undergone many changes since the book is written and Steve doesn't update the site also now but still, both are a very valuable resource to get into the deep of (some) things and get more clarity.
I am too small to say anything about Jonathan, all I can say that he is just great! His book Practical Oracle 8i is really very good and also, you should bookmark his blog and site, http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com and www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk. I would strongly suggest to read the co-operative FAQ from his website, http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html
Yes, its not correct to attribute something as a best practice given the fact that rarely, two environments would be essentially same. That's why I don't like to call anything as a best practice because when I say that in my sessions, it spreads a message that it must be done but actually the answer (mostly) is may (or may not) be . I suggest to know more about Oracle db's work, know what it can do, what are the tools it provides and then use them all wisely :) . Not sure how much I am correct :) .
Regards
Aman....

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