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ToolstomonitorOracleDatabasePerformanceonStandardEdition

HereiswhatIamlookingfor:

WorksonStandardEditioni.e.NoDiagnosticPack.
Providesbothcurrentandhistoricalperformancedata.
Goodvisualsforeasyspottingoftrendsandpresentationtomanagement.

Ifyouhaveusedthetool,Iwouldbeinterestedinprosandconsyouhavediscovered.Icancomeupwithalist,buttheinsightofactuallyhaving
usedthetoolisworthfarmore.

oracle performance oraclese

editedDec2'11at23:09 askedOct31'11at15:05
RolandoMySQLDBA LeighRiffel
116k 16 158 295 19k 10 57 129

Haveyoulookedatthereports/graphsthatcomewithSQLDeveloper?JackDouglas Nov1'11at13:37

@JackDouglas,Yes,andsomeofthoseareuseful,althoughmanyoftheniceronesrequireEEandtheDiagnostic
Pack.Stilltheredoesn'tseemtobeareportthatgivesabroadoverviewofthesystemwiththeabilitytodrilldown
intospecifics. LeighRiffel Nov1'11at14:58

YoucandefineyourowntoothoughI'mafraidIdon'thaveanyexperienceactuallydoingso.JackDouglas Nov
1'11at15:45

Ihaven'tdonemucheither,butI'msuresomethingcouldbecobbledtogether,thoughitwouldneverbeasniceasa
productdesignedforthefunctionality. LeighRiffel Nov1'11at16:21

IfanyonehasexperiencewithEmbarcaderoDBPerformanceCenter,BMCProactiveNetPerformanceManagement,
Precise,WISEoranyotherapplicableperformancetool,pleaseaddanentry. LeighRiffel Nov4'11at16:51

IsMichael'sansweruseful?It'sbeenflaggedasspambutI'dratherletyoudecidewhetheritisworthkeeping(or
editing)JackDouglas Oct23'13at10:49

@LeighRiffelEmbarcadero'sDBPerformanceCenterwasdeprecated.Wasn'thittingthemark.Embarcadero'sDB
OptimizerissupercoolforsingledatabasemonitoringwiththebestpartbeingtheVisualSQLTuning.Unfortunately
EmbarcaderoandPreciseproductswereboughtbyIderawhichasIunderstandithasstoppedalldevelopmentso
theyaredeadendtools.IMOWiseandPrecisearesuboptimal.IfyouwantenterprisegoforOracleOEMorlookat
DellFoglight.ForoneofftoolsLab128isgreat.LightyOrachromelooksawesome.KyleHaileySep16'16at15:08

@KyleHaileyYoushouldaddLightyOrachromeasananswer. LeighRiffel Sep19'16at15:28

9Answers

FoglightPerf.AnalysisforOracleisagreatperformanceworkloadtoolwhichdigsverydeepinto
OracleviaStealthcollecttechnologiedirectfromservermemoryareas,sonomuchoverhead
loadinthedatabase,alsopossibletoreviewhistoricaldata,changetracking,advisoriesand
muchmore...

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StealthCollectDeliversdeepSQLlevelcollectionandanalysisatafractionoftheoverheadof
runningatraceorexecutingdirectSQLagainstproduction.

PerformanceAdvisoriesReviewsworkloaddataandproducescustomreportstomaximize
performancethroughbuiltinanalyticsandbusinessintelligence.

IntelliProfileTracksdatabasebehaviorandidentifiesabnormalactivitywithasophisticated
baseliningalgorithm.

StatementLevelWaitEventAnalysisRevealswaiteventdatadowntothestatementlevel,
speedingresolutionofresourcerelatedperformanceproblems.

QuickCompareProvidesashortcutforidentifyingtherootcausesandsymptomsof
performancedeviationsinapplicationenvironments.

IntegratedReportingProvidestargeted,builtinreports.Witheasytousewizards,youcan
define,customize,generate,schedule,anddeliverreportsonsystemhealth,performance,
trends,changes,andavarietyofothertopicsanddatapoints.

LongTermPerformanceRepositoryDeliversunlimitedperformanceandenvironmentaldata
storageanddimensionalanalysisinanOracledatabase.

AutomatedChangeTrackingIdentifiesandsendsnotificationsofchangestoserver,instance,
database,schemaenvironments,andapplicationSQLdegradations.

PleasealsotakealookatSpotlightonOracle(RAC)isrealtimediagnosticsfromanOracle
architecturelevel.

WeusethesetoolswithOraclehealthchecksandperformanceinvestigations.

Pros:

Responsetimeanalysis
ServerBased
RACAware

Cons:

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Cost

editedNov4'11at16:29 answeredNov4'11at14:25
LeighRiffel Donald
19k 10 57 129 41 1

HiDonaldandwelcometodba.sethanksforyourcontributionhereandpleasemayIaskthatyoudiscloseyour
affiliationwithanycompanyinvolvedinproducingorsellingtoolsyouendorse,ifanyaffiliationdoesexist.Ifnot
pleasesayheretothateffectandI'llremovemycomment!JackDouglas Nov4'11at14:35

ThanksDonaldforthepost(+1).Sinceyouhaveexperiencewiththeproductcouldyoulistanycons?Isitdifficultto
setup,doesitcostalot,arethereannoyingaspectstoit,etc? LeighRiffel Nov4'11at16:07

Note:I'veneverusedthis,sopleaseeditthisanswerifyouhave.

Lab128

Lab128providesadditionalsavingsbyimplementingASHfunctionsandnotrequiringthe
purchaseofODP.

Pros:

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ResponseTimeAnalysis
RACsupport
Agentless
Only$299foranameduserconnectingtotwoinstancesandonly$499foranameduser
connectingtoanunlimitednumberofinstances.

Cons:

Interfaceisn'tverypolished.
Lackofalerts.
Onewriter/maintainer.
Nowebinterface.
Notserverbased.

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LeighRiffel

Thislookslikeprettygoodvalueformoney.IthinkI'llrecommendittomycompanyforatrial.AndrewnottheSaint
Feb17'13at2:24

Awesomelittletool.I'dhighlyrecommendit.WhenI'minanemergencyandwanttoseefastwhat'shappeningona
databasethisisthetoolIgoto.KyleHaileyMay7'14at17:06

Usedyesterday.Fastandcomprehensive,eveninitsfreewareedition.Idefinitelysuggestit.MaxLambertiniOct8
'14at7:33

IgnitebyConfioSoftwar.eFromtheirwebsite:

IgniteforOracleistheoneOracledatabaseperformancemonitoringsolutionthatidentifies,
analyzesandresolvesalloftheperformanceproblemsaffectingapplicationsandusers
dependingonanOracledatabase.

Ignitedoesntjustshowhealthmetrics,itcorrelatesthemostimportantperformancedatato
buildacompletepictureofOracledatabaseperformancefortheDBA,DeveloperandDBA
manager.Responsetime,queries,sessionsandserverresources,areallanalyzedbyIgnite
PerformanceIntelligencetoshowbothhistoricalandrealtimeconditionsaffectingdatabase
applications.

Pros:

ResponseTimeAnalysis
Agentless
ServerBased
Webinterface
FreeVersionforbasicinfo
CanbeRACand/orVMWareaware

Cons:

DrilldownsnotasindepthasOEM
Usersmustbemaintainedindependently
Cost

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LeighRiffel

Ivoteforit,thoughI'veuseditonlyforMSSQLandonlyitsfreeversion.It'sagreattoolforgettinganicepictureof
what'shappeningnowontheserver.MarianNov2'11at18:37

Note:I'veneverusedthis,sopleaseeditthisanswerifyouhave.

WISE(WorkloadInterfaceStatisticalEngine)usesStatspacktoshowgraphicalperformance
trendinformation.

Pros:

ResponseTimeAnalysis
EnterpriseEdition$349/databaseor$3,900/unlimited.
Serverbased.
Alerts.

Cons:

Interfaceisn'tverypolished.
Webinterfaceisextracostanddoesn'thaveallthefeatures.
NotRACAware

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LeighRiffel

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MindArrayIPMbyMindArraySystems

twomuppetshttp://www.mindarraysystems.com/images/screenshot2/Oracle.png

Pros:

Responsetimeanalysis
ServerBased
RACsupport
FreeVersionforbasicinfo
Allowsaspecifictimerangeselection
EasyToUse

Cons:

NotaOpenSource

answeredApr9'14at8:54
user36860
11 1

Doyouhaveanyaffiliationwiththisvendor/product?Colin'tHartApr9'14at10:09

WASHisfree,worksonstandardeditionaswellasenterprise(ieitdoesn'tneedOracle's
v$active_session_history)andrunsinawebbrowserwindow.

http://www.oraclerealworld.com/webashwash/

monitorhttp://kylehailey.com/wpcontent/uploads/2011/10/vdb_ash_21.png

Greatcollectionoftoolsheregoodresource.WishIcouldupvotesomelikelab128butjust
founddba.stackexchange.comandhavenopointshere.

answeredApr25'14at21:46
KyleHailey
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Doyouhaveanyrelationshipwiththevendorofthistool?Colin'tHartApr25'14at22:10

I'mthecreatorandit'sfree,sothereisnovenderpersay.I'malsotheprincipledesignerofEnterpriseManagers
performancescreens.The"TopActivity"screenhasbeencalledthe"KyleScreen".IdesignedEmbarcadero'sDB
OptimizerwithsimilarinterfaceandI'veadvisedonLab128forfreejustbecauseIthinkit'sasupercooltool.Iworked
atQuestandtriedtogearSpotlightmorelikeTopActivitybutQuestdisagreed,soIwenttoOracleandcreatedTop
Activity.IalsohaveafreetoolinTCL/TKcalledASHMONkylehailey.com/ashmasters/ashmonKyleHaileyMay2
'14at17:12

ASHViewerisafreealternative.Descriptionfromthereadme:

ASHViewerprovidesgraphicalTopActivity,similarTopActivityanalysisandDrilldownof
OracleEnterpriseManagerperformancepage.ASHViewerstoreASHdatalocallyusing
embeddeddatabaseOracleBerkeleyDBJavaEdition.

ItmayseemthatanapplicationcalledASHViewerwouldn'tworkwithStandardEditionbecause
itdoesnothavetheDiagnosticpackandthereforedoesnothavev$Active_Session_History,but
itdoes.WhenanewconnectioniscreateditaskswhetherthetargetisStandardEditionor
EnterpriseEdition.IfStandardEditionisselecteditdoesnotusev$Active_Session_History.This
canbedemonstratedbyqueryingtheviewwithcontrol_management_pack_accesssetto
NONE,whichamongotherthingscausestheviewtoreturnnorecords.

Pros:

Free
Allowsaspecifictimerangeselection(OEMcan'tdothis)

Cons:

Notserverbased(Statisticscollectionisrepeatedforeachuser)
Nowebinterface

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RequirestheequivalentofSystemlevelprivileges
Interfaceisn'tverypolished(Fontstretching,OSintegration,etc.)
NotRACaware(mustrunseparatelyforeachinstance)

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LeighRiffel

ightyOrachromelooksawesome

see

http://orachrome.com

Ihaven'tuseditbuthaveseendemosandthevideos.It'stheonlytoolthatlookstohave
improvedonEnterprisesManagerstopactivityinterface.

answeredSep20'16at19:38
KyleHailey
189 6

dbTrendsforOracleSTATSPACKprovidescosteffectivedatabasemonitoringandtuning
solutionforcompanieswhichdonothaveveryexpensiveOracletuninganddiagnosticpacks
licensesrequiredtoaccessAWR.dbTrendsisbasedonfreeSTATSPACKenginethatdoesnot
requireadditionallicensing.dbTrendsprovidesmuchmoreinsightsintoAWRandSTATSPACK
performancedatacomparingwithstandardOracleEnterpriseManagerorthirdpartyvendorsand
allowstoquicklyidentifyperformancetrendsandissuesbycomparing"good"and"bad"intervals
ofdatabaseoperation.dbTrendsisanidealsoftwaretoolforOracleconsultaningcompanies
whichmanageremotecustomers'databases.dbTrendsprovidesuniquefunctionalitytocompare
andanalyzestandardtextperformancereportsgeneratedbyOracleAWRandSTATSPACK
tools.

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answeredOct23'13at7:26
Michael
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1 Thisreadsmorelikeanadvertthanareview.JackDouglas Oct23'13at10:48

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