Toad for Oracle Unleashed

Health Check

There will be numerous times where you either wonder, or get asked, about the relative health of your database. In other words, “Is your database okay?” Although that might seem like a highly subjective question, some guidelines exist by which a database can be statically reviewed and rated. We say statically, because the Toad Database Health Check reports on those metrics at a given point in time. It’s very much like a physician’s report on a person’s health. The doctor (that is, Toad) looks at the patient (that is, the database) and measures many key metrics, such as height, weight, temperature, pulse, and blood pressure. These initial observations, plus automatic scanning for numerous other common symptoms, formulate the Toad ...