+1 on what Chris and Charles said, and more...
The courses from Hotsos <http://www.hotsos.com/education.html>, Method-R
<http://method-r.com/courses>, and OraPub
<https://resources.orapub.com/OraPub_Oracle_12c_Performance_Tuning_Analysis_Training_s/82.htm>
are the best of the best, developed and delivered by the folks who
trained everyone else. And I mean that literally. There are lots of
people who know "how to do", but it is rare to find people who know "how
to teach someone else to do". There is an old saying that you can't
claim expertise in something until you can effectively explain it to
someone else.
Also, as Charles said, the RMOUG <http://rmoug.org> "Training Days
<http://www.rmoug.org/training/training-days-2016/>" conference is
coming up next February. Right now, we're accepting and reviewing
abstracts, which closes at the end of next month, and we'll publish the
agenda within two weeks after that.
Of course I'm biased about RMOUG, but I don't mind voicing my opinion
that it is one of the best Oracle conferences anywhere in the world
because we have a very effective way of choosing content from the best
in the world. ORACLE-L is a big part of that. Colorado doesn't have a
big population, but it is blessed with a fairly central location in
North America, and RMOUG is blessed with a large pool of dedicated and
generous volunteers, and the combination is fortuitous.
There are a lot of equally fantastic local Oracle users groups in North
America, such as NoCOUG (Bay area), UTOUG (Utah), NEOOUG (Cleveland),
and NYOUG (NYC), and smaller local users groups that do amazing things
with even less, such as NWOUG (Portland), DOUG (Dallas), SLOUG (St
Louis), TCOUG (Minneapolis), COUG (Chicago), Calgary OUG, WMOUG (Grand
Rapids, MI), and GAOUG (Atlanta). By no means is that a complete list,
and I don't mean to offend by omission.
The upshot is, whereever you live, chances are good that there is a
technical Oracle users group near you, or an EBS-centric Oracle Apps
users group (OAUG) near you, or a JDE/PS-centric Quest users group near
you. Someone on this list can help you make contact with them.
If there isn't an appropriate Oracle users group near you, then you have
two more wonderful choices...
1. Start one
2. Take advantage of free webinars, such as those listed on the RMOUG
calendar page <http://rmoug.org/calendar>
3. Don't forget to check meetup.com <http://meetup.com> and search for
"oracle" too
....OK, three wonderful choices.
And ruthless efficiency. Four choices. And an almost-fanatical
devotion to the Pope. Five choices. OK, amongst our many choices ...
oh, never mind... I'll just come in again... ***
Hope this helps!
-Tim
*** - yes, a Monty Python reference...
On 8/20/15 10:56, Charles Schultz wrote:
Thumbs up to what Chris said. Additionally, various user groups (Rocky Mountain, Ohio) have "Training Days" that typically offer great opportunities for deep-diving on these topics.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:35 AM, D Kennel <dkenlwork@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:dkenlwork@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Has anyone taken the performance tuning class from Oracle
University and would you recommend it? I’ve tried reading manuals
and books, and typically end up with more questions than answers,
so am hoping that being able to ask questions in a class would be
helpful. I took a class from Learning Tree on this and didn’t
feel like it was taught at a very in-depth level, so didn’t
benefit from it much. Am hoping that a class taught by Oracle
University would be more beneficial, but would be interested in
hearing from people who actually took it what they thought about it?
Deborah
--
Charles Schultz
