The Oracle Database Performance Tuning Course

About this course

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Optimize Oracle databases with this comprehensive performance tuning course, designed to enhance system efficiency, minimize downtime, and maximize performance. You’ll master key techniques like tuning SQL statements, analyzing wait events, and resolving CPU bottlenecks to improve database reliability and speed. The course starts with preparing a practice environment and foundational Oracle tuning concepts. You’ll explore advanced tools such as AWR, ASH, and SQL Performance Analyzer, learning how to diagnose and address real-world challenges like optimizing disk I/O and managing indexes. Practical exercises ensure you develop hands-on expertise. Gain experience with tools like Oracle Enterprise Manager, OSWatcher, and Database Replay while learning to tune buffer caches, shared pools, and the PGA. Advanced techniques like SQL tracing and wait event analysis are also covered to provide a comprehensive approach to optimization. Ideal for database administrators, IT professionals, and performance analysts, this course is tailored for intermediate learners with a basic understanding of Oracle databases. It equips you to confidently handle complex tuning tasks and elevate your Oracle performance tuning expertise.

Course objectives

• Master foundational and advanced Oracle database performance tuning concepts
• Develop hands-on expertise in diagnosing and resolving real-world database performance challenges
• Gain proficiency with Oracle diagnostic and tuning tools
• Build confidence to handle complex database optimization tasks in production environments