Part III
Optimizing Instance Performance

Part III describes how to tune various elements of your database system to optimize performance of an Oracle instance.

The chapters in this part are:

• Chapter 4, "Configuring a Database for Performance"
• Chapter 5, "Automatic Performance Statistics"
• Chapter 6, "Automatic Performance Diagnostics"
• Chapter 7, "Memory Configuration and Use"
• Chapter 8, "I/O Configuration and Design"
• Chapter 9, "Understanding Operating System Resources"
• Chapter 10, "Instance Tuning Using Performance Views"
• Chapter 11, "Tuning Networks"