C H A P T E R 11
Understanding Exadata Performance Metrics
Oracle Exadata is a big step forward from the traditional database server architecture; however, it is still running the standard Oracle Database software. Most of the usual database performance rules still apply, with the addition of some that recognize the advantage of Exadata functionality like Smart Scans, cell join filtering and the flash cache. In this chapter we will cover the Exadata-specific and -related performance topics, metrics, and some relevant internals.
Thankfully Oracle, both at the database layer and in cells, provides lots of performance metrics for our use. However, when looking into any metric, you should know why you are monitoring this and what numbers are you ...
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