Chapter 9. Performance Management

When non-DBAs think about what it is that a DBA does, performance monitoring and tuning are quite frequently the first tasks that come to mind. This should not be surprising. Almost anyone who has come in contact with a computer has experienced some type of performance problem. Moreover, relational database systems have a notorious reputation (mostly undeserved) for poor performance.

This chapter, as well as the following three, will discuss performance monitoring, tuning, and management within the context of database administration. This chapter defines performance, discusses the difference between performance monitoring and performance management, looks at managing service levels, and defines three specific subsets ...

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