16th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'00)
DB2 Advisor: An Optimizer Smart Enough to Recommend its own Indexes
San Diego, California
February 28-March 03
ISBN: 0-7695-0506-6
This paper introduces the concept of letting an RDBMS Optimizer optimize its own environment. In our project, we have used the DB2 Optimizer to tackle the index selection problem, a variation of the knapack problem. This paper will discuss our implementation of index recommendation, the user interface, and provide measurements on the quality of the recommended indexes.
Index Terms:
Relational Database, Optimizer, Index Selection, Knapsack Algorithm, Auto-Tuning, Self-Tuning, Database Design, Wizard
Citation:
Gary Valentin, Michael Zuliani, Daniel C. Zilio, Guy Lohman, Alan Skelley, "DB2 Advisor: An Optimizer Smart Enough to Recommend its own Indexes," icde, pp.101, 16th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'00), 2000