Cause to effect methodology for monitoring database performance

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing program instructions executable by the processor to:
• detect a change to a setting of a database system;
• determine a plurality of predicted outcomes resulting from the detected change, wherein the plurality of predicted outcomes relate to future operation of the database system;
• monitor the database system for an occurrence of at least one of the predicted outcomes;
• based on the monitoring, detect the occurrence of at least one of the predicted outcomes;
• and
• cause a user indication of the occurrence of the at least one of the predicted outcomes to be displayed.

A computer readable storage medium including program instructions executable to:

• detect a change to a setting of a database system;
• determine a plurality of predicted outcomes resulting from the detected change, wherein the plurality of predicted outcomes relate to future operation of the database system;
• monitor the database system for an occurrence of at least one of the predicted outcomes;
• based on the monitoring, detect the occurrence of at least one of the predicted outcomes;
• and
• cause a user indication of the occurrence of the at least one of the predicted outcomes to be displayed.

A system comprising:

• means for detecting a change to a setting of database system;
• means for determining a plurality of predicted outcomes resulting from the detected change, wherein the plurality of predicted outcomes relate to future operation of the database system;
• means for monitoring the database system for an occurrence of at least one of the predicted outcomes;
• means for detecting the occurrence of at least one of the predicted outcomes based on the monitoring;
• and
• means for displaying to a user an indication of the occurrence of the at least one of the predicted outcomes based on the detecting.