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Refer to Chapter 7, “SQE Plan Cache and SQE Plan Cache Snapshots” on page 237 for
more details.
3.4 The Database Performance Monitors
The Database Performance Monitors are integrated tools used to collect database-specific
performance information for SQL requests being run on the iSeries. They let you keep track
of resources that SQL statements use. The collected data is output to a database table or
tables. Then reports or queries are run against the collected data from these output tables to
analyze query optimization and the performance behavior of the database request. This