Comments on: Analysing Statspack http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/analysing-statspack/ Just another Oracle weblog Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Oracle Diagnostic Tools - Some Random Thoughts (Hammer To Fall) « Richard Foote’s Oracle Blog http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/analysing-statspack/#comment-29969 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:08:03 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-29969 [...] is a totally useless tool. Jonathan Lewis recently referenced a rather nice article by Connie Green on how a saw can be used effectively for slicing through some issues. The traffic report can be [...]

]]> By: joel garry http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/analysing-statspack/#comment-29955 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:10:01 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-29955 “Most times, a reliable instinctive feel is developed over time, by encountering and solving performance problems, and most importantly, by being aware of what is normal at your site.”

And then one of two things happen: People begin skipping analysis and start propagating myths; or they note detail differences and go “that’s funny…” and go on to discover useful new things. The latter is all too rare, and the former is probably a good reason to get an outside opinion with a different expectation set.

It’s tough to get rid of the “instinctive feel” when upgrading.

]]> By: Serious Analysis « Oracle Scratchpad http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/analysing-statspack/#comment-29881 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:18:31 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-29881 [...] thought to carry around – and ties in nicely with the paper from Connie Green that I referenced earlier on this week – there’s a lot more to interpreting the statistics than translating one number into a [...]

]]> By: Log Buffer #85: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/analysing-statspack/#comment-29878 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:52:38 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-29878 [...] the Oracle Scratchpad, Jonathan Lewis links to a well regarded article on using Statspack, writing, “It’s been a few years since I last read this article from Connie Dialeris Green [...]

]]> By: Syed Jaffar Hussain http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/analysing-statspack/#comment-29876 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:49:06 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-29876 Thanks for the good link Jonathan. Indeed, its really worthy to read.

]]> By: SeánMacGC http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/analysing-statspack/#comment-29848 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:50:57 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/?p=343#comment-29848 Excellent tract, and certainly the Statspack ‘method’ to be adhered to.

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