Troubleshooting Worksheet -- Single-Tier Driver, System Performance
Use this form to gather information which will help us better assist you.
System Information
- What product are you using?
- What are the names of the files that you downloaded?
- What is the product version and release number?
- What is the name and version of the client operating system?
- Provide the output of uname -a for unix and linux clients.
Problem Description
- Has this problem always existed?
- If this problem is new, describe any changes to the database, database client, network and machines in this architecture.
- Is this problem associated with heavy load.
- Provide Data Source Name Connection Parameters.
Environment
- What are your database server's kernel tuning parameters?
- What is your database server's patch level?
Problem Isolation
- Is this problem specific to one client machine?
- Is this problem specific to one client application?
- Do other ODBC drivers outperform OpenLink ODBC drivers?
- Is this a LAN/MAN/WAN?
- Can you quantify the amount of data that is being returned?
- What are the data types of the data being returned?
- Have you checked the Defer Fetching of Long Data checkbox? (For binary data only)
- Do you know what cursor modality your application employs?
- Set your Data Source's Rowbuffer Size to 1.
Test.
Set your Rowbuffer Size to 99.
Test.
Do you see any difference in performance?
Other Considerations
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OpenLink's latest drivers have faster communications layers.
If you have an older driver, can you upgrade?
* Performance problems may stem from the way you have structured your tables. Can you provide a table schema for a problem table?
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