CHAPTER 10 Tuning Oracle and RAC on Linux

Tuning Oracle is as much an art as a science. Tuning involves scientific investigation, good note taking, intuition, and experience in order to determine if there is a performance problem, what that performance problem is, and how to solve it. Performance tuning is made easier by developing and sticking to a disciplined methodology. By having a methodology that you stick to, you can experience more predicable and reproducible results. In this chapter, I will introduce you to the methodology that I use, but this is something that you should change in order to suit your own needs.

Performance tuning involves taking a system that is performing poorly and making it perform better. This sounds simple enough, ...

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