Collection of some of the must-read/must-watch oracle documents/webcasts available online. I hope to keep this list fairly small and concise (I know that there are thousands of oracle white papers and others online). Mostly want to maintain a list of docs that reinforces basic oracle principles. Drop me a line/Post a comment, if you think there are some docs, which should be added to the list

Oracle Performance

Oracle Sql Parallel Execution (Oracle Corp)

Partitioning in Oracle 11g (Oracle Corp)

Using Oracle Database Resource Manager (Oracle Corp)

Database Instance Caging (Oracle Corp)

Managing Statistics for Optimal Query Performance (Karen Morton)

Fundamentals of Software Performance, Quick Reference Card (Cary Millsap)

Oracle Exadata Storage Server Deep Dive (Kevin Closson)

Oracle Exadata Storage Deep Dive – Part 1

Oracle Exadata Storage Deep Dive – Part 2

Oracle Exadata Storage Deep Dive – Part 4

Good Oracle Blog Posts from around the Web

Linux

Linux Memory Management

Inside the Linux 2.6 Completely fair scheduler

Good Linux Blog Posts from around the web

Miscellaneous must reads

Stay Hungy, Stay Foolish – Steve Jobs

Really Achieving Your childhood dreams – Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture