{"id":30973,"date":"2017-03-14T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtual-dba.com\/?p=30973"},"modified":"2021-02-10T18:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T01:12:45","slug":"importance-of-database-health-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtual-dba.com\/blog\/importance-of-database-health-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Database Healthy? The Importance of Health Checks for your Database"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahhhhhh\u2014the fresh smell of a brand new laptop, being pulled out of its box for the first time. Breathe it in.<\/p>\n

Your tax return really paid off this year, but your shopping doesn\u2019t end with this new device. On the contrary, you\u2019ve got a spree ahead of you.<\/p>\n

This laptop came at the perfect time, considering the PC it just replaced ran an operating system from sometime around WWII. Applications are responsive, load times are zippy\u2014basically, it\u2019s perfect. And it goes great with your blazing-fast internet connection.<\/p>\n

Let the online shopping spree commence.<\/p>\n

Several hours (or days) later, you have your big ticket item in the shopping cart: a product you\u2019ve always wanted. Thanks to your tax return, you finally have the cash set aside to buy it.<\/p>\n

So you go to checkout, fill in your sensitive payment information, and hover your cursor over that gloriously intimidating \u201cplace order\u201d button. This is so exciting, you think to yourself. I\u2019ve waited so long to buy this, and now I can finally afford it!<\/p>\n

With that thought\u2026<\/p>\n

Click.<\/p>\n

But instead of seeing a confirmation page, you see an hourglass replace your mouse. And it doesn\u2019t change.<\/p>\n

Several minutes pass.<\/p>\n

Pretty soon you wonder if your order didn\u2019t go through, so you check your inbox for an email confirmation. Nothing yet. Refreshing the page, you realize the process of checking out\u2014putting in your address, filling in your credit card info\u2014needs to be repeated all over again. But you really want this item, so you take a deep breath, do your best to shrug this ordeal off, and start from scratch on a different web browser.<\/p>\n

But when you place your order just to see that infamous hourglass a second time, you get angry\u2014and rightfully so. After all, your personal information is sitting in digital limbo! What\u2019s the deal?<\/p>\n

Something that should be a straightforward and simple process has become an inconvenient mess. You don\u2019t want to make a fuss about it, but something is wrong with the online store itself\u2014not your new computer or internet connection.<\/p>\n

So you call customer service. After a rather long hold time, you finally get a rep on the line and they simply tell you, \u201cSorry for the inconvenience. Our system is down, but our IT department is working on the issue. Please try back again in a few hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay\u2026 thanks,\u201d you reply and end the call. Ultimately, you make the decision to use a different vendor, purchasing the item from them in one easy checkout process.<\/p>\n

Now imagine this:<\/strong> instead of the customer buying the product, you\u2019re the company selling the product. Exactly how many customers did you lose because of this technical breakdown? And what if you could have prevented this from happening in the first place?<\/p>\n

Well, you could have. It\u2019s called a health check. The database your online store resides in needed a professional assessment<\/a> to pinpoint weak areas and tune up performance.<\/p>\n

Your company relies on a database as its digital foundation. It doesn\u2019t matter if your organization runs on Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM Db2, MySQL, IBM Informix, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB. What matters is when business starts to boom, your database\u2019s workload can skyrocket out of the blue\u2014and if your system isn\u2019t prepared, it can crash.<\/p>\n

So how do our experts check the health of your database?<\/h2>\n

First, they take a look at Hardware Resources.<\/p>\n

CPU, Memory, and I\/O are the three primary hardware subsystems a database relies on for good performance. This holds true in both physical servers and the digital realm, i.e. software and cloudware.<\/p>\n

When your database environment is architected well, it distributes workload uniformly between spindles, controllers, and CPUs. The I\/O subsystem can be either direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), or storage area networks (SAN). Further, variants exist inside each of these, such as RAID, iSCSI, SATA, SAS, SSD, and more. The selection active in your database will be analyzed for its effect on both the database and related applications. Fortunately, I\/O configuration is the most flexible of these resources. Database and System Administrators can work jointly to balance the I\/O load across all available resources. The objective is to eliminate bottlenecks and sustain throughput for the entire life of your database.<\/p>\n

Now, a server can hold a ton of main memory\u2014we\u2019re talking terabytes<\/strong>. The use of this memory must be distributed carefully across your operating system, database, and applications. Also, allocating a sufficient reserve of free memory is critical to ensure that, during periods of peak usage when the workload is high, enough memory exists to meet the demands of said workload. In every database health check our team performs, we optimally tune the Unix kernel memory-specific parameters where applicable, dedicating a tunable chunk to the database and its memory structures.<\/p>\n

Next, we\u2019ll examine the operating systems pertaining to database health checks: Microsoft Windows and Unix.<\/p>\n

Note that a database integrated with Microsoft Windows will behave differently than a database integrated with Unix. For this reason, each OS must be optimized to support your chosen database which, in turn, also requires tuning your database to accommodate your operating system.<\/p>\n

So what comes next? Database Performance.<\/h2>\n

Part of a health check diagnosis is evaluating the performance of your database and developing a score. Many of the factors we consider when ranking performance include indexes, table fragmentation and I\/O balance, optimizer stats, parameter settings, transaction logging, database layout, session activity, and cache utilizations. We\u2019ll look at your database\u2019s behavior as a whole when taking these variables into account. At the completion of our health check, you\u2019ll get a detailed breakdown of every aspect of this analysis in our report.<\/p>\n

Examine: Client Communications.<\/p>\n

When our clientele connect to their databases, we want to make sure they have the best experience possible. Our team evaluates this to ensure you aren\u2019t missing out on better system performance due to outdated software. If this is the case, we can perform library upgrades to give you the user experience you want and deserve.<\/p>\n

Next up: Application Integration!<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ll take a look at applications living in your database to see if there\u2019s something we can enhance. If an application can be improved, we\u2019ll talk it over with your app developers and recommend steps to improve that app.<\/p>\n

In Client Communications, we determine how to leverage hardware and software to its fullest potential. In Application Implementation, we assess how to augment operational stability in your database environment, examine batch jobs, backup & recovery, logging & upgrade strategies, and test platform capability. All of this enables the DBA to provide recommendations for improving uptime in your environment.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to blame application issues like slowness on the database. However, our team can determine whether these complications stem from database performance or application requests sent to the database. Our team gives application developers constructive feedback to produce a better, more efficient user experience.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Go Shopping! (Take Two)<\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s a better outcome to the scenario we talked about in the beginning of this post. First, imagine you\u2019re the customer, and you add the number one item on your wish list to your shopping cart. Your information is entered\u2014all you need to do is click \u201cconfirm.\u201d So you do, and your order is on its way!<\/p>\n

Imagine, then, you\u2019re part of the organization. Because you keep your database\u2019s health a priority, your online store lives in a reliable foundation. So when consumers are ready to spend \u2014it is the season for tax returns\u2014their experience in your store will be seamless, error-free, and pleasant\u2014just the way it should be.<\/p>\n

Keep your database healthy. Give your customers the experience they deserve. Pull in the dough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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