In addition, the self-management capabilities of Oracle Database 10g eliminate complex, repetitive tasks such as performance diagnostics, application tuning and memory management.

Doing performance tuning on distributed systems is no joking matter. It’s much more complicated than on a single node server, and bottlenecks can pop up anywhere, from system resources in a ...

As part of the ADR, SPA [SQL Performance Analyzer] is one of the most exciting features. Its a holistic tuning tool that allows you to define and replay a representative workload on your database.

Database performance tuning is a complex but extremely important task. However, it can be difficult to effectively optimize databases when there are other 'fires' to put out, limited resources, and an ...

NOTE: If you're positive your Oracle database has been created perfectly for Linux, you might choose to skip the database low-hanging fruits section. For many DBAs it might serve as a refresher of ...

Oracle's new Exadata X10M platform, redesigned using the 4th generation AMD EPYC processor delivers unprecedented performance for Oracle Database.

Nearly one year after introducing the X9M, Oracle has teamed up with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to leverage the chipmaker’s EPYC processor and extend the capabilities of its enterprise database.