From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Tue Apr 13 08:28:08 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i3DDS3921028 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:28:03 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i3DDS1621023 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:28:01 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id EC54E634AB1; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:22:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18246-61; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:22:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 420AF634A09; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:22:31 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:21:24 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id C0E0A634A56 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:21:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17201-81 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:21:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from ebmc02.bov.int (unknown [213.23.125.4]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 2D519634A2C for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:21:23 -0500 (EST) Received: by ebmc02.bov.de with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:31:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87F172BCF111D0489340AB3CB16A011E0DD28C@EBMS20.bov.int> From: Stefan Jahnke To: "'oracle-l@freelists.org'" Subject: AW: Cary's Book and the Method-R Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:31:29 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org X-archive-position: 2932 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: Stefan.Jahnke@bov.de Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org Hi Sriram I haven't read Cary's book yet (it's in the mail;)). Just out of = curiosity: How is the poisson distribution applied there?=20 As I remember from school, it is commonly used to measure occurences of events where you have to have a large sample size within which only = very few of the events you're looking for actually occur. Wasn't it developed by = some guy who tried to measure military accidents of some kind in the = Prussian army? That's pretty close to DBA work ;). Stefan -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- Von: k.sriramkumar@iflexsolutions.com [mailto:k.sriramkumar@iflexsolutions.com] Gesendet: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 3:05 PM An: oracle-l@freelists.org Betreff: Cary's Book and the Method-R Hi Guru's, =20 I read thro' Cary's book last weekend(thanks for the long weekend!!)..The experience was..simply Great!!...I wish this book was published a little earlier. As a person coming from science background, = I always thought that Oracle tuning should be approached in a scientific method and after reading this book , I feel now that I was correct. =20 It was nice to see a lot of scientific and statistic related stuff = like planks constant, poison distribution, queuing theory...I wish I had remembered all these ;-)...I had to dig through my college books from = the attic to understand the role of statistics behind Oracle tuning.. =20 Fellow Listers, if you have not read thro Cary's work...believe = me...you have missed something spectacular =20 Cary, =20 Well done EXCELLENT Job...!! =20 Best Regards =20 Sriram Kumar =20 =20 =20 DISCLAIMER: This message contains privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the individual named.If you are not the intended = recipient you should not disseminate,distribute,store,print, copy or deliver this message.Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have = received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system.E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as = information could be intercepted,corrupted,lost,destroyed,arrive late or incomplete = or contain viruses.The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a = result of e-mail transmission. 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