Re: Hotsos Training

  • From: Kellyn Pot'vin <kellyn.potvin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "rjjanuary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rjjanuary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:58:19 -0800 (PST)

I'll add in my 2c on Cary's "Mastering Trace Data" class.  
I've taken the extended course, (Two years ago, was six, four hour sessions 
with Cary online...) which is still my favorite class to date.  You haven't 
lived until you've learned how to "translate" a bare trace file into functional 
analysis data on your own... :)  


I've also taken the one day course while in Denmark this last year at MOW.  
When it was offered again to me at Enkitec, I have to admit, I wanted to go to 
see if there was anything new to learn, (there always is...) but figured I was 
past my quota on registration for the class and figured it should be offered to 
some of my fine coworkers first.

I recommend the course whenever I can and as Tim Gorman already mentioned, it 
will be offered at RMOUG Feb. 11th for anyone who is thinking of coming to 
RMOUG, why not take advantage of the extra course offering from Cary the day 
before the RMOUG main event? 

I use what Cary taught me every day- just used some of that knowledge within 
the last hour for two different clients.

 
Kellyn Pot'Vin
Senior Technical Consultant
Enkitec
DBAKevlar.com
RMOUG Director of Training Days 2013




~Tombez sept fois, se relever huit!


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 From: Ryan January <rjjanuary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: Hotsos Training
 
I have taken the Hotsos Optimizing Oracle SQL class and found it 
worthwhile.
For a reference point I've worked with Oracle for 6 years, 2 as a full 
time DBA. There was some review to the course, however many areas of 
review clarified items that I thought I fully understood. As Rick said, 
the class does cover tracing, but (IMO) at a high level and only done to 
show where the data consumed by their "Harness" tool is coming from.

I'd agree the class isn't particularly tailored towards DBA's and is 
suited to anyone writing SQL. That being said; plenty of time is spent 
describing oracle internals and insuring you have a clear view of what 
oracle is doing behind the scenes when you issue a query. If it's 
assistance in writing efficient SQL you're after, the Hotsos class is a 
fantastic starting point which I would recommend.

I've also read Cary's book and attended his Mastering Oracle Trace Data 
class.  If tracing is specifically what you're looking for I would look 
no further than his class.  It's most of a single day and gave me a 
fantastic jumpstart on understanding how to interpret the trace data 
and, more importantly, how to present that data to the business to 
support your decisions.

In either class don't be afraid to ask questions,  there's a lot of 
years of experience hidden in the presenters head. In my experience I've 
gained as much benefit from sidebar conversations as I've taken away 
from the classes themselves.

Thanks,
Ryan

On 12/05/2012 01:39 PM, Jeff Chirco wrote:
> Has anyone taken a training class from Hotsos?  Specifically I am looking at 
> the Optimizing Oracle SQL, Intensive class.  Is this a good class, is it for 
> more advance DBA's?  I don't know if I will consider myself advanced yet.  Is 
> ready trace files a big or small part of it.  Thanks for any input.
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