The area of automatic selection of physical database design to optimize the performance of a relational database system based on a workload of SQL queries and updates has gained p...
— This paper looks at the problem of automatically tuning the database server multiprogramming level to improve database server performance under varying workloads. We describe t...
We present the SQL Performance Analyzer, a novel approach in Oracle Database 11g to testing database changes, such as upgrades, parameter changes, schema changes, and gathering op...
In this paper we describe novel techniques that make it possible to build an industrial-strength tool for automating the choice of indexes in the physical design of a SQL database...
Complex database queries require the use of memory-intensive operators like sort and hashjoin. Those operators need memory, also referred to as SQL memory, to process their input ...