[...]... Initialization Parameters Not to Forget 835 836 837 838 840 Contents Top 13 Undocumented Initialization Parameters (As I See It) Listing of Documented Initialization Parameters (V$PARAMETER) Listing of Undocumented Initialization Parameters (x$ksppi/x$ksppcv) Oracle Applications 11i Recommendations... Manager Grid Control 693 695 695 696 696 697 698 701 702 703 704 705 706 xxx Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques ■ 8 billion pickup trucks of documents ■ 1 Mount Everest filled with documents ■ All printed information in the world (estimated at 5E) ■ All words ever spoken (estimated at 5E—often debated, though) Oracle Will Be First If you haven’t seen the “Oracle... Performance Considerations and Summary Other Parallel Notes Oracle Documentation Is Online Tips Review References ... Optimizer Creating Enough Dispatchers 25 Important Initialization Parameters to Consider Finding Undocumented Initialization Parameters Understanding the Typical Server Modeling a Typical Server ... just eight years ago I estimate that if you could stack single sheets of paper with 2K worth of text on each one, it would reach about 4.8B miles high to get 16E of information That is, you could stack documents from the Earth so high they would pass Pluto! In one Oracle database you could fit: ■ Several Internets (without duplication of data) ■ 2 billion movies (4G each) xxix xviii Oracle Database 10g... 259 260 261 264 Contents Important Columns in the PLAN_TABLE Table Helpful Oracle-Supplied Packages Initialization Parameters for Undocumented TRACE Using Stored Outlines Using Plan Stability (Stored Outlines) Tips Review... ready for the next jump: A googolplex is 1 followed by a googol of zeros There are more digits in a googolplex than there are atoms in the universe I think we’re still a ways away from this, but remember Doc Brown in “Back to the Future III” and describing RSEN, “She’s one in a googolplex.” Oracle Celebrates 30 Years th Oracle celebrates its 30 anniversary in 2007 as a multibillion-dollar company literally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 x Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques ASM Diskgroups and Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . at george_hoare @mcgraw- hill. com or (212) 904-4069. TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted work and The McGraw- Hill Companies, Inc. ( McGraw- Hill ) and its licensors