I have to admit my list is considerably smaller:
DO:
#1: Listen, Think, Learn, Communicate
#2: Have a passion for what you do. If its "just a
job", then you're in the wrong one.
DON'T:
#1: Do the opposite of the Do's
Cheers
Connor
- Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> You brought to mind another one... DON'T assume that
> changes in one
> environment will have the same impact across all
> environments so DO
> test the impact of any change in all environments
> that you can, before
> implementing it in production. We had a change go in
> to the dev
> environment that fixed the performance problem
> there. Unfortunately, it
> made performance fall through the floor in test,
> which was closer to
> the production environment in data volume.
> Fortunately it was caught
> before it went into production.
>
>
> --- Cary Millsap <cary.millsap_at_hotsos.com> wrote:
> > You guys are very kind, thank you.
> >
> > My "LIO vs PIO" thesis is this:
> >
> > 1. Too many PIOs *is* a bad thing.
> > 2. But eliminating unnecessary PIOs isn't enough.
> Even completely
> > memory-resident databases can perform horribly
> (not scale, consume
> > dozens of hours per query, etc.)
> > 3. If you begin by eliminating unnecessary LIOs
> first, then you often
> > eliminate all the PIOs you needed to eliminate, by
> side-effect.
> >
> > About the Top-10 list, I'll add...
> >
> > DON'T "do something to make the system faster"
> until you understand
> > the
> > impact that your proposed activity will have upon
> the response time
> > of
> > your important user actions. (Some proposed
> activities create
> > negligible
> > impact, and some even create negative impact. When
> you try those
> > activities that don't create sufficient *positive*
> impact, then you
> > *waste* your company's resources.)
> >
> > DO learn how to figure out--quickly, accurately,
> and
> > inexpensively--the
> > impact of a proposed activity upon end-user
> response time.
> >
> >
> > Cary Millsap
> > Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd.
> > http://www.hotsos.com
> >
> > Upcoming events:
> > - RMOUG Training Days 2003, Mar 5-6 Denver
> > - Hotsos Clinic 101, Mar 25-27 London
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Landrum
> > Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 5:49 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> > Yes, regarding these 3, how can they be considered
> absolute do's or
> > don'ts?
> > I didn't take Cary's material to mean ignore
> physical IO's but rather
> > to
> > show the importance and impact of logical IO's.
> Too many PIOs could
> > still be an issue.
> > (I would say maybe Cary could speak to this, but
> I'd rather him spend
> > that time on his book, which I'll be ordering as
> soon as it's
> > available.)
> > The others have their places as well. I wouldn't
> practice or preach
> > that bind variables are always, always the right
> way (usually, but
> > not
> > always).
> > Why not ASSM? Surely, there could be
> circumstances where ASSM is a
> > good
> > way, or at least ok.
> > Do Use Bind Variables
> > Do tune to Reduce Logical IO's Not Physical IO's.
> > Don't Use ASSM
> >
> > Please consider, Robert, that I'm not challenging
> your list as these
> > may
> > be very good rules to live by. I don't usually
> take any 'rule' as
> > hard
> > and fast until I can test it, but there may be
> others reading the
> > list
> > that would benefit greatly to understand why these
> things should or
> > should not be done.
> > Thanks for your input, it helps us all learn.
> >
> > Darrell Landrum
> >
> >
> >
> > >>> FREEMANR_at_tusc.com 02/23/03 04:23PM >>>
> > Here is the list of top 10 do's and don't that I
> came up with.
> >
> > #1 - Do Maintain your Expertise
> > #2 - Do Use the DBMS_STATS Package to Collect
> Statistics
> > #3 - Do Use Bind Variables
> > #4 - Do Put your Production Database in ARCHIVELOG
> Mode
> > #5 - Do Use Locally Managed Tablespaces
> > #6 - Do Monitor Your Database
> > #7 - Do Practice Recoveries
> > #8 - Do Get Involved with User Groups and Other
> Resources
> > #9 - Do Establish Standards and Change Control
> Processes
> > #10 - Do Think Ahead
> >
> > Bonus! - Do tune to Reduce Logical IO's Not
> Physical IO's.
> > (With regards to Cary!)
> >
> > Oracle Database Top 10 Don'ts
> > #1 - Don't Waste Time Re-Organizing Your Databases
> > #2 - Don't Use .Log or Other Common Extensions For
> Your Database File
> > Names
> > #3 - Don't Leave Your Database Open To Attack
> > #4 - Don't Decide Against Hot Backups
> > #5 - Don't Use ASSM
> > #6 - Don't Forget the 80/20 Rule
> > #7 - Don't Stack Views
> > #8 - Don't Be a Normalization Bigot
> > #9 - Don't Forget to Document Everything
> > #10 - Do Not Use Products You are Not Licensed
> For.
> >
> > Bonus!! - Do Not Assume A Good or Bad Hit Ratio
> Means Anything
> >
> > Ok, anyone wanna comment?
> >
> >
> > Robert G. Freeman
> > Technical Management Consultant
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> > Author of several books you can find on
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