The database has been designed, developed, and implemented. Users find the database useful and it seems to meet the needs of your organization. Now it is time to think about performance tuning. If the typical response time in which users get data back from a query is 5 seconds, maybe it can be 2 seconds. There are many factors within the database and its environment that contribute to overall performance, and ultimately performance must be addressed to ensure that your organization is operating as efficiently as possible.

Some of the factors within the database environment that affect performance include: Memory allocation Heavy user activity Batch processing Database load balancing Database growth and reorganization Database Fragmentation Input/Output management Throughput processing

Some factors external to the database that affect performance include: Operating system performance Network performance Database application issues SQL tuning Integrated applications

ORA CONSULTANT, through its extensive knowledge and experience with databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, and DB2, can provide the performance monitoring and tuning tasks for your databases in order to contribute to the ultimate success of your organization’s mission.