Re: OT - Advice for the Oracle Newbie
- From: bill thater <shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Cary.Millsap@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:58:33 -0500
On 9/18/05, Cary Millsap <Cary.Millsap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Patty,
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> I would suggest:
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> 1. Don't guess, measure.
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> 2. Don't just measure what's easy to measure, measure what you need.
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> 3. When you're thinking about performance, what you need to measure is
> almost always response time.
what the man said. plus, *try* stuff in a test database first, before
you ask. then formulate your question clearly stating what the
problem is and what you tried to do to fix it and what the results
were. that gives the smart guys a place to start.
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