Workbench 9.0.0.66 (2020-06-30)

Welcome to the world of BIG performance data Method R Workbench 9 is the culmination of a vision years in the making. It’s the world’s first Oracle trace file management system. Here are some of the highlights: Know more, earlier. The first change you’ll notice is the new CPU, LIOs, PIOs, RTs, and Rows columns […]

No more Sherlock

…And under one minute I was looking directly at the problem. No more guesswork. No more Sherlock with the magnifier goofing around. And the time spend in search of the problem can easily be used to find a better solution. Eduard Turea / Frostbyte Consulting

Death to the Health Check… Long Live the Health Check

I have a long history with conventional database system “health checks.” I don’t like them. I haven’t liked them for a really long time, since about 1997, when I realized that conventional health checks are an inferior way to help customers. There is a better way. This is article number four in the Method R […]

0% Crap, 100% Insight

I managed big time Oracle Databases and Applications for many years. Method R was the only thing I encountered that was 0% Crap and 100% Insight. With minimal effort this Method R Workbench tells it like it is. Richard Russell / Former 7-Eleven Enterprise Architect

Better Testing, Better Risk Reduction

When your tests don’t measure your system the way your users will perceive it, you can be headed for big trouble. When you test, you should measure how your application is going to feel to your users. These measurements give you confidence both in the programs you’ve tested, and in the diagnostic process you’ll use […]

Preventing the Post-Production Performance Problem

How confident are you that those new features you’re adding to your production application will be fast and efficient? What if they’re not? You need a process that finds inefficient code earlier, and a process to fix the inefficiencies that evade early detection. One process can accomplish both goals. This is article number two in […]