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Your Enterprise Deserves the Very Best

Why are there so many alternatives to Oracle Enterprise Manager? Simply, Oracle continues to deliver the best core database in the industry, but falls short when it comes to delivering performance management tools. Monitoring apps are great for giving admins an overview of the daily “performance” of their systems. But when a system fails to meet performance targets, no amount of monitoring will help fix the problems. To really improve performance, you need to see performance the way the user experiences it, from the application code to the metal and back again. Oracle extended SQL trace files can give you that information, with detail that will floor you.

No other software comes close to the precision and trustworthiness of Method R software.

Alex Gorbachev · Chief Technical Officer · The Pythian Group

Profiling: the Language of, ...well, Real People

Method R software tools do the dirty work for you of mining what you need to see from the tremendous amount of detail in your trace files. Cary Millsap and his Method R have revolutionized the way we solve performance problems. You can use the very same tools that the world’s best performance consultants use. Profiling of software instead of monitoring of systems has created a new language of performance management, a simple language in which you ask direct questions like, “How long did that program take?” “Why?” And “How will response time change if we do x?”

Transform your enterprise today by incorporating this language into your SOP, whether that be CMMI, ITIL, Six Sigma, or Seven Rho. This is inconceivable with traditional monitoring approaches. Whatever your current process, you will be amazed at the benefits to be gained from having a common language that ties application developers, DBAs, system administrators, users, and business leaders together in ways never before achieved.

Another benefit from the Profiler is that the word got out that we could show with certainty if the application and/or database were causing unacceptable response times. At first all of the finger pointing towards the database disappeared. I mean, total silence from the complain farm. It was too funny. We’re turning it around by communicating that we are here to help and that we had bought licenses for a few group leads. Some of them are starting to seek advice earlier in the projects, not only for performance analysis but architecture as well.

Tony Aponte · Database Administrator · Clearwater, Florida

Be the Leader that Transforms Your Enterprise

Let’s face it, standing out in the crowd exposes you to both risk and reward. The rewards of transforming your performance management processes include that corner office promotion, the satisfaction of really affecting the bottom line in a positive way, and the undying admiration of your colleagues. The biggest risk in bringing the Method R Workshop software package into your enterprise is the risk of becoming the guy at the party not complaining about how slow his software is at work. Be prepared for the scorn of those around you who aren’t yet using the right tools for the job.

With MR Tools and the Method R Profiler, I will be invincible! :D

Ian Woodbury-Kuvik · Sparkworx · California

What’s In the Package

Here’s what you get in the Method R Workshop software package:

• Method R Trace: 1-person license, including maintenance
• Method R Profiler: 1-person, 20-instance license, including maintenance
• Method R Tools: 1-person license, including maintenance

The Fine Print

Here are the definitions of the Method R Software Licensing terms. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Per-Person License. A Software Per-Person License restricts the number of people who can run the Software. Each Software Per-Person License unit entitles one specific person to run the specified Software on any system, using any login id. With a Per-Person license, the distribution contains the licensed software for all the platforms we support.

Per-Userid License. A Software Per-Userid License restricts the number of Userids that a licensed person can use to run the Software. Each Per-Userid License unit entitles one specific person to run the specified Software within exactly one Userid. A Userid is defined to be a single login account on a single physical or virtual computer. A person can thus act in the capacity of multiple Userids. For example, one person using two different login accounts on each of three different physical or virtual computers would count as six (2 + 2 + 2 = 6) Userids. With a Per-Userid license, the distribution contains the licensed software for only one platform of the licensee’s choice.

Per-Instance License. A Software Per-Instance License restricts the number of Oracle Instances that a licensed person is permitted to analyze with the Software. Each Per-Instance License unit entitles one specific person to run the specified Software to analyze exactly one Instance. An Instance is defined as a single collection of Oracle background processes and memory buffers as defined in Oracle Corporation’s Database Concepts documentation. For example, a group of users using the Software to analyze a single-instance development system, and a single-instance test system, and a 3-node RAC system would count as five (1 + 1 + 3 = 5) Instances.

Maintenance License. An active Maintenance License entitles a licensee to download and install, at no additional fee, all new versions of the specified Software (for the licensed platforms) that are released within eleven (11) months from the date of purchase. To download and install a version released after this period requires an additional fee.

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