RE: NT -> Win2K causes performance degradation..

Hi Mark,

no thoughts specific to Oracle, but I'd recommend using the principle of "change only one element at a time". I'd say they were unwise to upgrade to W2K, and at the same time change their Oracle parameters. If possible, I'd advise they set all their Oracle parameters back to their pre-upgrade values, then carry out the same performance measures they used to arrive at their "was 7/10, is now 3/10" comment. If the degradation still exists to the same extent, then, yes, it must be the upgrade that produced the problems, and it needs investigating in that light. If they still get "7/10", then it must have been the changes to the Oracle parameters, not the W2K upgrade, that caused the problem.

Changing too many elements simultaneously makes it impossible (or much more difficult) to isolate the cause, so you change one element at a time. Basic engineering principle!

Paul

-----Original Message-----
Mark Leith
Sent: 10 December 2003 09:04
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hi All,

We've been asked a question from one of our clients that I'm a little stumped on.

They run an OLTP database (Oracle 8.1.7), and have recently upgraded their NT machine to Windows 2000, they were running with 2gb of memory, and upgraded that to 4gb in the process. As they increased physical memory, they also increased their SGA size & db_block_buffers.

Since they've upgraded they have noticed a significant decrease in performance (the way it was described to me was "it was 7 out of 10, and is now 3 out of 10"..).

Has anybody else done a system upgrade of this nature that has caused less than desirable effects? Any pointers as to what to look at? We've requested some stats (top wait stats etc.) and I'll feed these back as and when I get them - but I thought I'd throw this out to you guys in the vague hope that someone has experienced some relatively similar experiences.

Cheers!

Mark

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