Chapter 21. Drill-Down Monitoring

The time has come. Armed only with your wits, a little common sense, and some basic system knowledge, you’re going to crack the performance problem bedevilling your database server. You roll up your sleeves and seat yourself firmly in front of a keyboard. A cluster of slightly awed colleagues watches wide-eyed over your shoulder.

OK, perhaps I’m getting a bit carried away here. Suffice it to say that the aim of this chapter is to develop a simple method for identifying performance problems on database servers.

I’m assuming you have already looked at the issues covered in earlier chapters. Your application’s behavior is well understood and consultants in small doses have already done wonders with application ...

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