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ISBN:
0-9823061-7-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-9823061-7-8
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Library of Congress
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2010905834
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214
Pages - Perfect Bind 7.5x9.25
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Publication Date -
811
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Databases/Oracle
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Oracle In-Focus Series
# 36
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Oracle Performance
Troubleshooting
with Dictionary Internals SQL & Tuning Scripts
Second Edition
Donald K. Burleson, Robin Schumacher
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This second edition is authored by two of
the world's most widely read DBAs and Oracle internals
experts, Donald Burleson and Robin Schumacher. It is an
indispensable guide for any Oracle professional who is looking
for real world tuning techniques.
If you're a DBA who's looking for Oracle scripts and advice on how to get
to the heart of critical Oracle performance problems, then you've
come to the right place. Our second edition authors focus their incredible
knowledge of the Oracle data dictionary into a superb book that
shows how to quickly troubleshoot and correct Oracle performance
problems.
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* Learn a
troubleshooting methodology for use in analyzing any Oracle
database
* Understand ratio-based and bottleneck
troubleshooting analysis
* Learn techniques for
monitoring and optimizing memory usage
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Know how to quickly pinpoint and resolve I/O hotspots at the
database, storage and object level
* Use scripts to
uncover session-related bottlenecks
* Understand
techniques for locating and fixing problem SQL
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About the Author:
Donald Burleson |
Donald
K. Burleson is one of the world’s top Oracle Database experts
with more than 25 years of full-time DBA experience. He
specializes in creating database architectures for very large
online databases and he has worked with some of the world’s
most powerful and complex systems.
A former Adjunct
Professor, Don Burleson has written more than 30 books, published more
than 100 articles in National Magazines, and serves as
Editor-in-Chief of Rampant TechPress. Don is a popular lecturer
and teacher and is a frequent speaker at Oracle OpenWorld and
other international database conferences.
Robin
Schumacher |
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Robin Schumacher serves as the Worldwide Director of Product
Management for MySQL, the world's leading open-source
database management system. Robin has over fourteen years experience in database
administration, development, monitoring, and tuning with
Oracle, DB2, Teradata, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server.
He
has authored countless performance-related articles for many
database-centric magazines as well as serving as a database
software reviewer and feature writer for the likes of
Intelligent Enterprise, eWeek, DM Review, and others.
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Table of Contents:
Chapter
1:
Accurately Measuring Performance
What’s the right way to
really measure the overall performance of a database and how is
this accomplished when you have a large database farm to manage?
This chapter answers these questions and highlights the critical
areas a DBA needs to stay focused on at all times.
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Modeling Peak Efficiency
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Gauging Availability with
v$ views
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Gauging Transaction Speed
with v$sqlarea
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Availability Impact
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Speed Impact
Chapter
2:
Correcting Foundational Flaws
Although some may
disagree, most database gurus feel that laying the proper physical
foundation for your database is the way to get the most
performance bang for the buck. This chapter discusses the
importance of proper physical design and helps DBAs diagnose
physical design performance issues.
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The Impact of Solid
Database Design with v$bh analysis
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The Number One Contributor
to Database Performance
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The Link Between Design
and Performance Tuning with materialized views
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Boosting Database
Performance Through Design
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How to Pinpoint Database
Design Errors with v$sql analysis
Chapter
3:
Optimizing Storage
Storage-related
headaches are often the single biggest contributor to database
downtime. This chapter discusses the best ways to avoid storage
problems through proactive planning and also provides fast
diagnostic procedures that can be used to eliminate space problems
before they reach critical mass.
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The Contribution of
Storage to Performance with RAID
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Storage Design
Considerations
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Smart Ways to Avoid
Database Downtime
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Critical Storage Headaches
to Avoid
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Removing Storage-related
Performance Vampires
Chapter
4:
Maximizing Oracle SGA Memory
Throwing more memory at
a database used to be an acceptable form of performance tuning,
but such is not the case any longer. This chapter shows how to
use memory correctly and also provides techniques and scripts to
troubleshoot memory-related performance problems the right way.
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When Does Less Become
More?
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New Performance-Boosting
Memory Options
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How to Keep Data Where You
Want It
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How to Keep Code Where You
Want It
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Uncovering Memory Hogs
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Chapter
5:
Pinpointing I/O Hotspots
How can a DBA quickly find the I/O
bottlenecks in their database and then make them permanently go
away? This chapter outlines a bulletproof roadmap that any
DBA can use to get a handle on their database I/O.
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Starting with Global
Basics
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Determining Global Object
Access Patterns
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Examining Storage-Level
Statistics
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Uncovering the Hot
Database Objects
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Locating I/O Resource Hogs
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Miscellaneous I/O
Considerations
Chapter
6:
Eliminating Critical Bottlenecks
A DBA needs to keep
their database running effectively at all times, but sometimes
this is easier said than done. This chapter shows how to quickly
find and eliminate critical bottlenecks in a database that may be
causing painful slowdowns.
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Using Ratio-based Methods
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Using Wait-Event Methods
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Other Bottleneck
Identification Techniques
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The Winning Solution
Chapter
7: Workload Analysis Part 1 - Uncovering Problem Sessions
Left unchecked, a few
rogue users in a database can make life miserable for everyone
else. This chapter provides all the right ammunition a DBA needs
to ferret out these problem sessions so that their database is
kept secure and running well at all times.
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Uncovering Security Holes
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Finding Storage Hogs
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Locating Top Resource Sessions
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Pinpointing Sessions with Problem SQL
Chapter 8:
Workload Analysis Part 2 - Identifying
Problem SQL
If it’s true that
eighty-percent of a database’s performance is derived from the SQL
code running within it, then a DBA has to know how to find and
correct the problem SQL in their critical databases. This chapter
provides everything a DBA needs to quickly pinpoint the SQL code
in their database that needs critical attention.
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Locating the Top SQL
Contributors
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Pinpointing Bad SQL
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New Techniques for Analyzing SQL Execution
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SQL Tuning Roadmap
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