Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Database Essentials

Maintaining your system

Do not let the ease of OpenEdge maintenance lead you to become complacent about maintaining your system. The health of the system should be monitored every day. This can be done using a tool such as Fathom Management or manually using scripts.

The areas that are most important to monitor are the areas that will cause a performance problem or cause the database to stop running. While the issues that cause the database to stop running are the most important to identify before they fail, performance problems are often equally important to system users. A slow system erodes the users’ confidence in the system, and they will begin to look elsewhere for their information. A slow Web site might drive users to go elsewhere for information, and they might never return.