240 DB2 Performance Expert for Multiplatforms V2.2
5.1 Performance Warehouse
When monitoring performance for any system, it is important to look at the
performance data over long periods of time. Short-term monitoring is useful, but
does not give insight into the long-term effects of system changes or aid in
capacity planning for the future. DB2 Performance Expert (PE) addresses this
need by capturing the short-term performance snapshot data and saving it into a
long-term Performance Warehouse. While the history data of PE is only retained
for a short time (some hours/days), once data is in the Performance Warehouse,
the data is available for reporting and trend analysis over much longer periods.
In this section, we describe some historical ...