1. A database management method comprising: collecting statistics relating to operation of a database, wherein the database comprises one or more database objects, and wherein the statistics comprise activity-level statistics, wherein the activity-level statistics measure a level of activity of the one or more database objects; determining characteristics of the database objects; determining actions to be performed on the database objects based on the characteristics of the database objects; automatically determining a schedule for performing the actions on the database objects, wherein the schedule is based on the activity-level statistics; performing the actions on the database objects based on the schedule; confirming the performing the actions on the database objects; and monitoring results of the performing the actions on the database objects.