RE: OT - Advice for the Oracle Newbie

From: Cary Millsap <Cary.Millsap_at_hotsos.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:46:14 -0500
Message-ID: <2110.37081127054545.hotsos01.hotsos.com@MHS>

Patty,

I would suggest:

Don't guess, measure.
Don't just measure what's easy to measure, measure what you need.
When you're thinking about performance, what you need to measure is almost always response time.

Cary Millsap

Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd.

http://www.hotsos.com

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Patty.Charlebois_at_greenshield.ca Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:02 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: OT - Advice for the Oracle Newbie

I am trying to put together a *Newbie DBA Handbook* to be used for new hires at my company and thought I would poll the list for topic suggestions.

So my question to you is, if you could give a new Oracle DBA one piece of advice, what would it be?

TIA, Patty

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