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Figure C-1 PE System Overview
DPF monitoring and skew detection
PE is fully enabled to monitor a multi-partitioned DB2 system. With a single
mouse click, you can retrieve monitoring information for the whole system. You
can conveniently get an overview of your entire distributed system.
This capability also is the basis for quick and easy detection of skews. A skew is
an uneven distribution of behavioral or residual distribution of performance
indicators over the distributed system components. Skews are always potential
reasons for performance problems.
Partition level skews
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