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GRY

Database Health Check Automation

Run Database Services

Josh Collins

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The Health Check

BSA

DATA

Charts

DBA

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Getting Images for the Health Check

Performance charts are images from DPA

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• Ruby is an object oriented scripting language

• Ruby mimics user input and is very good at repetitive tasks such as gathering data and forming a PowerPoint

• Ruby easy to use and very intuitive to programmers

Why Ruby

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• Eliminates hours of manual effort

• Allows the team to create more presentations with less effort

Why It Matters

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• 18 images for 1 health check ~ 17 minutes• For 30 databases it would take a user an estimated 8.5 hours• To get all of the images for the same 30 databases, it took the program 36

minutes.

Cost savings: $11,303 per year

Traction

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A Quick Demo