Hi all,
One of our partners tells us, that one database area is growing very fast. Is there a (more or less) easy way to find out, which table is growing? This would give us a hint, what’s going wrong in that installation.
We’re using OpenEdge 11.7.4 in mixed mode (64 bit DB / AppServer, 32 bit Client).
Apology for the possible beginner question, but I’m a developer and not so familiar with stuff like that.
Kind regards
Andreas
The best way I can think of would be to do a dbanalys on that area.
proutil [dbname] -C dbanalys area [areaname] -csoutput
Then run it again in 24 hours or so, and compare the record counts to obtain a candidate list.
More info on dbanalys is here: documentation.progress.com/.../index.html
I'd make sure to run it out of normal business hours as it can have an impact on performance.
The best way I can think of would be to do a dbanalys on that area.
proutil [dbname] -C dbanalys area [areaname] -csoutput
Then run it again in 24 hours or so, and compare the record counts to obtain a candidate list.
More info on dbanalys is here: documentation.progress.com/.../index.html
I'd make sure to run it out of normal business hours as it can have an impact on performance.
Great, that's what I'm looking for..
Since version 11.6 the best (the faster = instant) way is proutil db -C viewB2
This could be a case of a table that was added to an area intended for indexes. If the area's RPB (records per block) setting is quite low, as is sometimes the case with index areas, then a table with a high rate of creates can lead to very fast growth of that area. Another side-effect would be poor performance due to very sparsely-populated record blocks in that area.
Have a look at the configuration of that area in the structure file (dbname.st).