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Copyright © 2006 Quest Software Quest RAC Tools Bert Scalzo, Domain Expert, Oracle Solutions Bert.Scalzo@Quest.com
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1 About the Author … Domain Expert & Product Architect for Quest Software Oracle Background: Worked with Oracle databases for over two decades (starting with version 4) Work history includes time at both “Oracle Education” and “Oracle Consulting” Academic Background: Several Oracle Masters certifications BS, MS and PhD in Computer Science MBA (general business) Several insurance industry designations Key Interests: Data Modeling Database Benchmarking Database Tuning & Optimization "Star Schema" Data Warehouses Oracle on Linux – and specifically: RAC on Linux Articles for: Oracle’s Technology Network (OTN) Oracle Magazine, Oracle Informant PC Week (eWeek) Articles for: Dell Power Solutions Magazine The Linux Journal www.linux.com www.orafaq.com
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2 Books by Author … Coming in 2008 …
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3 DELL Success Story www.Quest.com/success_stories/Dell-Quest.pdf
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4 Database Configuration used at DELL for the RAC test environment DELL Success Story
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5 Apply Top-Down Analysis & Revision 1. Benchmark Factory Industry standard benchmark: TPC-C Key Metric = Avg Response Time 3. TOAD with DBA Module AWR/ADDM & Stats Pack Again record before & after for improvements confirmation RAC Performance Testing Process (using tools) 2. Spotlight on RAC Record before & after results Confirm improvements
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6 Tool #1 – Load Generator Benchmark Factory ® Test Oracle RAC environments rapidly and reliably Perform database “scalability” or “goal” testing to determine the most optimal RAC configuration Tests: –TPC-C –TPC-H –Trace File playback –etc, etc, etc … Let’s DBA concentrate on task at hand - Optimization
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8 Tool #2 – Ad-Hoc Monitor (to confirm results) Spotlight ® on RAC Monitor Oracle RAC environments rapidly and reliably Diagnose Oracle RAC environment health levels at –Node –Cluster –ASM –Instance –Interconnect Intelligent performance alerts plus market-leading GUI for entire RAC to instances architecture & bottlenecks Let’s DBA concentrate on task at hand - Diagnosing
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12 TOAD ® with DBA Module Expedite typical DBA management & tuning tasks Great Productivity Enhancing Features –Database Health Check –Database Probe –Database Monitor –AWR/ADDM Reports –UNIX Monitor –Stats Pack Reports See Toad World paper –Title: “Maximize Database Performance Via Toad for Oracle” –http://www.toadworld.com/Education/ToadWorldPapersandPodcasts/tabid/82/Default.aspxhttp://www.toadworld.com/Education/ToadWorldPapersandPodcasts/tabid/82/Default.aspx Let’s DBA concentrate on task at hand – Correcting (i.e. Fixing) Tool #3 – Ad-Hoc Monitor (to confirm results)
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15 Example of Typical Results Possible Sub Second
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16 Demo of Quest RAC tools in use …
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