Ingres Tuning and Configuration
creating resilient, fault-tolerant, recoverable and high-performance Ingres installations

 

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Synopsis

This is an intensive 5-day master-class in Ingres tuning and configuration, consisting of lectures and supporting labs. Provided on-site, using Ingres on Unix, Linux, W2K/W2K3, or VMS. Provides in-depth training in configuring and tuning the Ingres DBMS server, the locking system, and the logging system. This course is fully up to date, and can be configured to cover any release from 6.4 to Ingres 2006. (Course developed by Database Management Technology Inc.) Customers in the US/Canada should contact DMT Inc. to schedule this course

Duration and Cost

5 days, £1,750 / €2,600 per seat, ex VAT Price excludes VAT and other applicable local taxes

Location

London, Manchester, Dublin, and on-site world-wide  

Format

Lecture and labs

Course Code

TNC  

Prerequisites

A strong knowledge of Ingres system administration, with at least one year of experience as a DBA or Ingres System Administrator. The ability to read and understand moderately complex SQL queries is assumed. Strong operating system skills would be advantageous, but not essential. This is a master-class and it presumes a high level of Ingres expertise from the outset.  

Outline
Day 1

Chapter 1 Introduction
   
Chapter 2 Ingres Multi-Server Architecture
  overall system architecture / OS implementation differences / Ingres II enhancements / subsystem interaction / Ingres NET
Chapter 3 Query Performance
  query processing system / available storage structures / data compression / secondary indices / sysmod / optimizedb / statdump / server performance constants / query execution
plans / multi-location tables / trace flags
 

Day 2

Chapter 4 Ingres Configuration System
  Configuration-by-Forms (cbf) / configuration repository / derivation rules / named configurations / parameter types / customizing derivation rules
Chapter 5 Concurrency and Locking
  locking system architecture / ANSI isolation levels / deadlock and livelock / locking granularity / row-locking requirements / row-locking implications / lock modes / measuring and controlling escalation / configuration parameters / measuring running system / calculating optimal settings / implementing
configuration changes
 

Day 3

Chapter 6 Logging and Recovery
  logging system architecture / Ingres II enhancements / physical logging / physiological logging / recovery server / archiver / transaction log implementation / consistency points / fast-commit
servers / recovery operations / undo recovery / redo recovery / configuration parameters / measuring running system / calculating optimal settings / implementing configuration changes
Chapter 7 Server Tuning
  operating system environment / multithreaded servers / native thread servers / utilizing multiprocessor systems / I-O slave implications / multi-server configurations / custom server classes /
buffer manager organization / variable page sizes / server log files / generating and analyzing summary reports / troubleshooting and diagnostics / trace points and measurement tools / configuration
parameters / measuring running system / calculating optimal settings / implementing configuration changes
 

Day 4

Chapter 7 continued
 

Day 5

Chapter 8 I/O System Tuning
  Ingres locations / space requirements / throughput requirements / measuring relative disk load / queue length / response time / I-O load balancing
Chapter 9 Memory System Tuning
  memory system tuning / virtual memory / shared memory / page faulting / Ingres memory usage / tuning strategies
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