Performance Tuning – Course Curriculum

Performance Tuning Overview

 Introduction to Performance Tuning
 Introduction to Performance Tuning Features and Tools

Designing And Developing For Performance

 Oracle Methodology
 Understanding Investment Options
 Understanding Scalability
 System Architecture
 Application Design Principles
 Workload Testing, Modeling, and Implementation
 Deploying New Applications

Performance Improvement Methods

 The Oracle Performance Improvement Method
 Emergency Performance Methods

Configuring A Database For Performance

 Performance Considerations for Initial Instance Configuration
 Creating and Maintaining Tables for Good Performance
 Performance Considerations for Shared Servers

Automatic Performance Statistics

 Overview of Data Gathering
 Automatic Workload Repository

Automatic Performance Diagnostics

 Introduction to Database Diagnostic Monitoring
 Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor

Memory Configuration And Use

 Understanding Memory Allocation Issues
 Configuring and Using the Buffer Cache
 Configuring and Using the Shared Pool and Large Pool
 Configuring and Using the Redo Log Buffer
 PGA Memory Management

I/O Configuration And Design

 Understanding I/O
 Basic I/O Configuration
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Understanding Operating System Resources

 Understanding Operating System Performance Issues
 Solving Operating System Problems

Understanding CPU
Finding System CPU Utilization

Instance Tuning Using Performance Views

 Instance Tuning Steps
 Interpreting Oracle Statistics
 Wait Events Statistics
 Idle Wait Events

Tuning Networks
 Understanding Connection Models
 Detecting Network Problems
 Solving Network Problems

SQL Tuning Overview

 Introduction to SQL Tuning
 Goals for Tuning
 Identifying High-Load SQL
 Automatic SQL Tuning Features
 Developing Efficient SQL Statements

Automatic SQL Tuning

 Automatic SQL Tuning Overview
 SQL Tuning Advisor
 Managing SQL Profiles with APIs
 SQL Tuning Sets
 SQL Tuning Information Views

The Query Optimizer

 Optimizer Operations
 Choosing an Optimizer Goal
 Enabling and Controlling Query Optimizer Features
 Understanding the Query Optimizer
 Understanding Access Paths for the Query Optimizer
 Understanding Joins
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Managing Optimizer Statistics

 Understanding Statistics
 Automatic Statistics Gathering
 Manual Statistics Gathering
 System Statistics
 Managing Statistics
 Viewing Statistics

Using Indexes And Clusters

 Understanding Index Performance
 Using Function-based Indexes for Performance
 Using Partitioned Indexes for Performance
 Using Index-Organized Tables for Performance
 Using Bitmap Indexes for Performance
 Using Bitmap Join Indexes for Performance
 Using Domain Indexes for Performance
 Using Clusters for Performance
 Using Hash Clusters for Performance

Optimizer Hints
 Understanding Optimizer Hints
 Using Optimizer Hints

Using Plan Stability

 Using Plan Stability to Preserve Execution Plans
 Using Plan Stability with Query Optimizer Upgrades

Using EXPLAIN PLAN

 Understanding EXPLAIN PLAN
 The PLAN_TABLE Output Table

Running EXPLAIN PLAN

 Displaying PLAN_TABLE Output
 Reading EXPLAIN PLAN Output
 Viewing Parallel Execution with EXPLAIN PLAN
 Viewing Bitmap Indexes with EXPLAIN PLAN
 Viewing Partitioned Objects with EXPLAIN PLAN

Using Application Tracing Tools

 End to End Application Tracing
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 Using the trcsess Utility

 Understanding SQL Trace and TKPROF
 Using the SQL Trace Facility and TKPROF
 Avoiding Pitfalls in TKPROF Interpretation
 Sample TKPROF Output