Following topics are discussed in detail:

* Optimizing sources, Targets and Buffer Blocks:

Performance bottlenecks can occur when the Integration Service reads from a source
database or writes to a target database. Depending on the source, target data, you
may need to increase or decrease the buffer block size. In this article we list the
steps you have to take to ensure that the sources and the Targets are fully
utilized to optimum level and how to calculate Buffer block size.

* Push down Optimization (PDO):

Push Down Optimization Option enables data transformation processing to be pushed
down into any relational database to make the best use of database processing
power.

* Session Partitioning & Dynamic Session Partitioning:

The Session Partitioning Option increases the performance of Power Center through
parallel data processing. In dynamic partitioning, Integration Service determines
the number of partitions to create at run time based on factors such as source
database partitions or the number of nodes in a grid.

* Concurrent Workflow Execution:

A workflow configured for Concurrent Execution can run as multiple instances
concurrently. In the article we illustrate this functionality by using a workflow
that is configured with multiple instances to process data belonging to multiple
sites simultaneously.

* Load Balancing:
Load balancing is a mechanism which distributes the workloads across the nodes in
the gird. In the article we see how to assigning Service Levels to Workflows to
achieve Load Balancing.
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In general, PDO can improve session performance in the following circumstances:
1: When it reduces the number of rows passed between Oracle and PowerCenter. For
example,
pushing a Filter transformation to the Oracle source can reduce the number of rows
PowerCenter
extracts from the source.
2: When the database server is more powerful than the PowerCenter server. For
example, pushing a
complex Expression transformation to the source or target improves performance when
the database
server can perform the expression faster than the server on which the PowerCenter
Integration
Service runs.
3: When the generated query can take advantage of prebuilt indexes. For example,
pushing a Joiner
transformation to the Oracle source improves performance when the database can join
tables using
indexes and statistics that PowerCenter cannot access.
4: PDO can help to improve session performance due to its ability to leverage the
Oracle Super cluster
data processing capabilities or Teradata DBMS parallel engine while maintaining the
supportability,
flexibility, and metadata lineage of the process as if it were entirely within the
ETL GUI.