Operating System Tuning

Issue Faced

Overview:
We are getting less performance with our setup. We were using windows 2003, 32 bit Server edition, with 32 bit java. We are not able to allocate high heap for JVM.


SGA Trace/Optimization

The SGA Trace/Optimization window displays SGA information for you so that you can easily optimize your database.
You can view information, utilize client-side filtering of the grid, and check session currently executing the selected query.

AWR Report

The automatic workload repository is a new performance statistics gathering and reporting utility introduced in Oracle 10g. AWR is similar to Statspack with improved functionalities and features. It can be called as the next generation of Statspack. Oracle documentation recommends the use of AWR over Statspack even though statspack is still functional on 10g databases.

Performance and Systems

Performance is an important aspect of any system. This is an essential characteristic of a system which signifies its behavior under particular usage circumstances. Depending upon the system, KPI to measure performance gets change. From mileage of an automobile engine to the grade of a student is a one or other form of performance KPIs. Performance of a system seriously impacts the usability of that system. Software systems including web applications are no exceptions in this. Hence, this is considered as a major important non functional requirement of any web application.