Why Cintra for Oracle Performance?

Workloads grow, configurations drift, and SQL evolves. Even the best Oracle deployments degrade over time. Cintra’s Oracle Database Performance Tuning Services deliver architect-led analysis, targeted remediation, and proactive governance to restore and maintain peak performance for your business-critical systems.

  • 30+ years of Oracle specialization across enterprise, cloud & Exadata

  • Architect-led investigations & root-cause analysis

  • Holistic methodology: SQL, configuration, infrastructure & architecture

  • Actionable remediation with measurable KPIs

  • Ongoing governance to prevent performance regression

Performance Healthcheck

A structured, end-to-end assessment to quickly identify performance inhibitors, architectural risks, and optimization opportunities across your Oracle estate.

Key Deliverables

Workload & SQL Analysis

  • Identification of high-impact SQL, waits, and bottlenecks

  • Workload profiling using AWR/ASH, Statspack, and Exadata metrics

  • Root-cause analysis of spikes, slow transactions, and batch overruns

Configuration & Architecture Review

  • Database parameters, memory structures, and optimizer environment

  • ASM, storage, I/O path performance, and network throughput

  • RAC cluster health and interconnect performance

  • Cloud and Exadata configuration alignment with best practices

Outcomes

Capacity & Stability Insights

  • CPU, memory, I/O, and storage usage trends and constraints

  • Near-term and long-term scalability recommendations

  • Identification of operational risks impacting performance

  • Validation of patching, statistics, backup, and HA posture

Performance Assessment Report

  • Prioritized findings with business impact

  • Clear remediation roadmap and quick wins

  • Tuning recommendations with measurable KPIs and targets

Remediation & Optimization Services

Targeted, high-value remediation work delivered by senior Oracle performance engineers to resolve bottlenecks and deliver sustained performance improvement.

What we do

SQL & Schema Optimization

  • SQL tuning, query refactoring, and plan stability

  • Index strategy optimization and segment cleanup

  • Statistics strategy redesign and maintenance approach

Instance & Platform Tuning

  • Optimizer and parameter tuning for your workload

  • SGA/PGA memory architecture and allocation

  • RAC and Exadata performance optimization

  • Storage, I/O, and network configuration improvements

Business Outcomes

Measured Performance Uplift

  • Faster application response times and improved UX

  • Higher throughput and concurrency under peak loads

  • Stabilized batch windows and critical processes

Cost & Risk Reduction

  • Reduced resource consumption and cloud spend

  • Lower risk of outages and performance incidents

  • Performance aligned to SLAs and business KPIs

Ongoing Governance & Managed Performance Tuning

A continuous, proactive managed service to ensure your Oracle databases remain optimized as workloads, users, and business requirements evolve.

Core Components

Proactive Monitoring & Baselines

  • Continuous performance monitoring across key metrics

  • Trend analysis for workload, SQL, memory, I/O, and waits

  • Early-warning detection before users are impacted

Monthly Performance Governance

  • Regular AWR/ASH review and drift analysis

  • SQL, schema, and configuration change tracking

  • Statistics, patching, and parameter alignment checks

Continuous value

Quarterly Optimization Cycles

  • Workload-driven SQL tuning and index optimization

  • Storage, I/O path, and RAC/Exadata validation

  • Cloud resource right-sizing and cost optimization

Executive-Level Reporting

  • Business-aligned performance and SLA reporting

  • Capacity and growth projections

  • Architecture and modernization recommendations

Engagement Models

Choose the level of engagement that matches your needs—from one-off diagnostics to full-lifecycle managed performance tuning.

Assessment

Fixed-Scope Performance Healthcheck

1x deep-dive analysis

A comprehensive one-time review of your Oracle environment, designed to quickly surface root causes, risks, and performance opportunities.

  • Ideal for new customers or post-incident review

  • Clear remediation plan with prioritized quick wins

Project

Targeted Remediation & Optimization

Outcome-focused project

Expert-led remediation work focused on specific systems, workloads, or business-critical applications with measurable performance goals.

  • Ideal when issues are known but unresolved

  • Aligns tuning work to SLAs and business KPIs

Managed Service

Managed Performance Tuning & Governance

Continuous optimization

Full lifecycle performance management with ongoing tuning, governance, and executive visibility into your Oracle estate.

  • Ideal for mission-critical, always-on workloads

  • Prevents regression and reduces fire-fighting

Ideal For

Cintra’s Oracle Performance Tuning Services are designed for organizations where database performance directly impacts customer experience, revenue, and operational resilience.

  • Enterprises facing unexplained slowdowns or instability

  • Workloads migrating to cloud or Exadata

  • Systems under growing user demand or seasonal peaks

  • Teams seeking predictable SLAs vs. reactive firefighting

  • CIOs & DBAs looking to reduce cloud and infrastructure costs

Ready to move from firefighting to predictable performance?

Speak with Cintra’s Oracle performance experts about a Performance Healthcheck or Managed Performance Service tailored to your environment.

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