Support for Customers, and Customers To Be

post date Apr 06, 2011
post author Don in Database Performance, Performance Tuning, Response Time Analysis
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One of the things that Confio customers love most is the technical support that comes with their Ignite trial or purchased license. Don’t take this for granted. Confio differs from nearly all other software developers by providing full technical support … Continue reading →

Magic Transformation

post date Mar 04, 2011
post author Don in Database Performance, Performance Tuning, Response Time Analysis
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Many vendors have a low end free tool, but IgniteFree is different. With a simple key change a user can convert to a full featured Trial just as if it was downloaded from www.confio.com. No additional download or software installation … Continue reading →

Whats with the Free Version of Ignite?

post date Feb 04, 2011
post author Don in Database Performance, Performance Tuning, Response Time Analysis
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One thing I hear frequently from DBAs and customers are questions about our various options for Free, Trial and Licensed software, and the features and policies for each.
Free is good, you can’t argue with that.   We launched IgniteFree in 2010 … Continue reading →

Ignite 8 is Here

post date Mar 02, 2010
post author Don in DB2, Ignite, MSSQL, Oracle, Sybase
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The latest version of Ignite Goes Beyond Response-Time Metrics to Deliver Comprehensive Database Performance Analysis.
In past product versions, Ignite was often used in conjunction with other database monitoring tools to track server health and monitor current session activity, … Continue reading →

The Best Things About Ignite…(from a customer)

post date Sep 18, 2009
post author Don in Ignite, Testimonials
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One of the best things about Confio Software is the absolute enthusiasm that our customers have for both tour people and product we provide.  Here is an (unedited) submission on what a DBA in Florida, a two … Continue reading →

Row Cache Lock Wait Understood

post date Aug 19, 2009
post author Don in Oracle
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Row Cache Lock Wait
Definition
In order for DDL to execute, it must acquire a row cache lock to lock the Data Dictionary information.   The shared pool contains a cache of rows from the data dictionary that helps reduce physical … Continue reading →

Performance Improvements with Oracle 11g Data Types

post date Jul 20, 2009
post author Don in Database Performance, Oracle, Performance Tuning
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Performance Improvements with 11g Data Type
Numeric operations in Oracle are a great opportunity for performance improvement. Oracle 11g provides a new data type that will reduce some of the overhead otherwise found using PL/SQL numbers. The performance … Continue reading →

Wait Time and Response Time

post date May 28, 2009
post author Don in Database Performance, Performance Tuning, Response Time Analysis
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Confio has made a name for itself and developed thousands of dedicated users based on the concept of measuring database wait time.  The Igniter Suite and our web site is full of references to Wait Time analysis as … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Confio Database Performance Blog

post date Jul 01, 2008
post author Don in Ignite
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You are looking at a new feature for the Confio Support site, one that is intended to benefit not just our Ignite using customers, but also other DBAs looking for fresh perspectives on best practice for database performance.
One of the … Continue reading →