You could call that measure knockers. So, the goal of tuning, expressed that way, would be to make the knockers just right. Before everybody gets enraged, I'm a foreigner and my English is not very good. I'm not aware of the meaning of the word "knockers". On 02/27/2004 11:07:24 PM, Tanel Põder wrote: > Fewer than what? > > You need a baseline for measuring the knocks, you need a knock hit ratio. > > Tanel. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wolfgang Breitling" <breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 7:54 PM > Subject: Re: Your opinion please :) keep in the goal > > > > True, but I doubt that a business person would set that as a tuning goal. > > I give you an example of a tuning goal from a business perspective. Years > > ago I was on an implementation project and after the system went live > there > > were performance problems. I told the CIO my tuning mantra - I need a > > measurable goal. She replied "Fewer knocks on my door by the CFO". > > > > At 10:42 AM 2/27/2004, you wrote: > > >On 02/27/2004 12:12:26 PM, Wolfgang Breitling wrote: > > > > > > > b) together with that, a tuning goal must be identified in terms that > are > > > > measurable > > > > > >Increasing BCHR is a perfect example of measurability.....:) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > > >-- > > >Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > > >FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Wolfgang Breitling > > Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA > > Centrex Consulting Corporation > > http://www.centrexcc.com > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > > -- > > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------