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Re: bad performance with sqlplus on solaris

From: computer person <fake_address_at_nothing.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 13:20:54 GMT
Message-ID: <WeeJb.80766$INs.56038@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>


"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1073021402.541797_at_yasure...
> computer person wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are migrating our systems from aix4.3.3 to solaris8. During migration
we
> > noticed that the sqlplus queries take a lot longer with the Solaris
client
> > then with the aix sqlplus. This was proved by running the same query
against
> > the solaris db server from a solaris client and aix and tabulating the
> > results.
> >
> > We found 1 thing that slowed it down and adjusted the SQL accordingly.
The
> > LINESIZE was set real high even though the result set was only 250 bytes
max
> > (columns). This yielded very good results but we are looking for some
more
> > improvment, if possible.
> >
> > Any stories of people that use SQLPLUS on solaris and have gone through
some
> > tuning with the client and got good results? Looks like our db server is
> > working well with exception of this.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Based on what you've written my guess is that you are ignoring the
> obvious and trying to fix the trivial.
>
> What got migrated from AIX to Solaris? Server or Client or both?
> What is the hardware difference? RAM? CPU? DASD?
> What differences in init parameters?
> Which version and edition of Oracle?
> Which optimizer?
> If CBO were statistics run with DBMS_STATS after migration?
>
> Unless you are being billed by the byte a bit of information would be
> helpful. Cryptic information begats cryptic responses.
>
> --
> Daniel Morgan
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>

That would have been a great response if I had not qualified that I ran the same test from 2 clients (aix and sun) to the same db server. Thanks anyway. Received on Fri Jan 02 2004 - 07:20:54 CST

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