Configuring a Database for Performance

Configuring a Database for Performance

This chapter contains an overview of the Oracle methodology for configuring adatabase for performance. Although performance modifications can be made to OracleDatabase on an ongoing basis, significant benefits can be gained by proper initialconfiguration of the database.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Performance Considerations for Initial Instance Configuration

This section discusses some initial database instance configuration options that have important performance impacts.

If you use the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) to create a database, then the supplied seed database includes the necessary basic initialization parameters and meets the performance recommendations that are discussed in this chapter.