
Chapter 11. Environmental settings that affect SQL performance 403
Database Monitor
The Database Monitor contains data that indicates the use of parallel methods and strategies.
This data can be displayed using either handwritten queries or the dashboard provided by the
SQL Performance Monitors in iSeries Navigator as shown in Figure 11-14.
Figure 11-14 SQL Performance Monitor Dashboard showing the use of SMP
11.4.7 Available and balanced resources
To take advantage of SMP, the computing resources must be available and balanced. In
other words, the system or LPAR configuration must have a good balance of CPU, memory,
and disk units. Otherwise, ...