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The document discusses topics related to database performance and tuning, including: database performance metrics like response time and throughput; factors that affect performance like database design, configuration, maintenance, hardware, and application design; techniques for database tuning like identifying problems, monitoring, and application tuning; and specific concepts like logical and physical database design, database configuration parameters, and database monitoring tools.

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Database Tuning Notes1344

The document discusses topics related to database performance and tuning, including: database performance metrics like response time and throughput; factors that affect performance like database design, configuration, maintenance, hardware, and application design; techniques for database tuning like identifying problems, monitoring, and application tuning; and specific concepts like logical and physical database design, database configuration parameters, and database monitoring tools.

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Database P & T

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Topics for Discussion
Database Performance
Database Tuning
Database Monitoring
Application Tuning

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DB Performance
What is Performance ?
What affects Performance ?

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What is Performance
Response Time
Wait
Contention

Resources

Throughput
Single Transaction
Server/Instance Wide

System Wide

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What Affects Performance
DB Design
Logical & Physical
Configuration Parameters
Regular DB Maintenance
Application Design
Hardware
CPU
Disk

Memory

Network
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Logical Database Design
Data Modeling
Entity Relationship
Entity Types
Normalization / Denormalization
3rd Normal Form
No transitive dependencies (no non-key
attribute is dependent on another non-key
attribute).
Adding redundant / derived columns
Table splitting/collapsing

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Physical Database Design
Raw Partition Vs. File system
Data and Index Device
System Catalog Location
Redo Log
Archive Log
Temp space for sorting in the database

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Physical DB Design Cont.
Type of Tablespace
SMS/DMS (DB2)
Locally/Globally managed (Oracle)

No. of datafiles per tablespace


Temp Space on Solid State Disk

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DB Configuration Parameters
Query Optimization Level (DB2)
Rule Based Vs. Cost Based optimizer
(Oracle)
Degree of Parallelism
Data Buffer Size
Buffer Pool
Prefetch

SQL Buffer Size


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Database Maintenance
Update Statistics
Reorg Tables/Indexes
Run Checks for data/index
corruption
Delete/Archive Old Data

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Application Design
Simple and Efficient Queries
Use Indexes
Efficient Batch Size
Commit Frequently
No Explicit Locks Unless Required
Use Stored
Procedures/Functions/Triggers
Do Basic Data Validation Upfront
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Hardware
Number Of Nodes
EE Extended (DB2)
EE with Parallel Option (Oracle)

CPU
Number
Speed

Disk
Internal
SAN

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Hardware Cont.
Memory
Physical
DB memory

Network
Protocol
Bandwidth (ATM, Gigabit, 100

MegaBit)

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Database Tuning
Identification of the problem
Specific Query Performance
Overall Performance

Particular Application

Other..

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Database Tuning / Troubleshooting
Overnight increase in data
Overnight addition of application/users
Data corruption
Missing Index
Runaway Queries
Space issues
Hardware problems
Network Change
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Database Monitoring
Snapshots (DB2)
Show status of DB counters at given
time
Event Monitor
Keep counter after the event
Deadlock

Connection

TableReads
Other..

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Database Monitoring Cont.
System Counters (Oracle)
v$ Tables
Dynamic tables
Keep counters from the last db restart

UTLBSTAT/UTLESTAT
Keep counter over time
Display Various Database utilization

statistics
Statspack Package
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Application Tuning
Efficient Queries
Explain Facility
Plan Tables (Oracle)
Explain Tables (DB2)

Visual Explain
Query Plan and cost statistics

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Questions ?

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