STEP 3. Monitoring Networks

After checking memory and disks for bottlenecks, look next at any networks connected to the server. Although network bottlenecks are not likely to directly affect the performance of the database server, they can have a big impact on application response times.

When database applications are running in client/server mode, a slow network between the client and the server impacts interactions between the database and the applications. When the slow network sits between the applications and the user interface, the user perception could well be that the database server is slow.

What to Look For

A simple way of determining the impact of network latency on response times is to log and plot ping round-trip times from the ...

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