MAA, or the Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture, is Oracle's best practices blueprint based on Oracle high availability (HA) technologies, extensive validation performed by the Oracle MAA development team, and the accumulated production experience of customers who have successfully deployed business critical applications on Oracle.
There is great information about it on Oracle's web properties such as here or here.
But sometimes, it's just great to hear straight from the experts that are in the same room than you. And that's why we organize these free MAA Workshops in a city near you:
Building a Highly Available "Always On" Oracle Database Environment
Check out the locations and dates here, and make sure to register. Enjoy !