Kirti, since i'm still not up to speed on the "Wait event concept".
What should i see as a problem in your report. thanks, joe Deshpande, Kirti wrote: >This is not a joke.....!!! > >This is from a business critical production database that I was asked to >'review' past Friday. > >The report is from v$system_event taken at 10:30am, Aug 9, 2002. >The server (and database) was bounced on Aug 4, 2002 at 9:20am. > >This was the 1st time I was logging into this database. > >SQL> / > >EVENT TOTAL_WAITS TOTAL_TIMEOUTS TIME_WAITED >AVERAGE_WAIT >----------------------------------- ----------- -------------- ----------- >------------ >control file parallel write 143933 0 4080356626 >28349.0001 >db file scattered read 12540695 0 1.2254E+10 >977.107332 >buffer busy waits 10740450 36 8193235928 >762.839167 >SQL*Net message from client 180769027 0 9.9561E+10 >550.761199 >db file sequential read 298968127 0 1.1839E+11 >395.99129 >enqueue 13500 6435 2036785 >150.872963 >SQL*Net more data from client 52227948 0 4093231165 >78.3724294 >free buffer waits 16 4 795 >49.6875 >log file switch completion 804 43 16263 >20.2276119 >log buffer space 977 0 5409 >5.53633572 >control file single write 17 0 51 >3 >db file parallel write 1749695 0 2935317 >1.67761638 >db file parallel read 8149 0 13484 >1.65468156 >log file single write 1024 0 701 >.684570313 >latch free 2007034 1616763 1054137 >.525221297 >log file sync 1366242 560 526049 >.385033545 >SQL*Net message from dblink 1514480 0 451351 >.298023744 >log file sequential read 405415 0 82877 >.204425095 >SQL*Net break/reset to dblink 10 0 2 >.2 >log file parallel write 2025192 7 293332 >.144841576 >SQL*Net break/reset to client 28113 0 3221 >.114573329 >db file single write 320 0 36 >.1125 >SQL*Net more data from dblink 447044 0 11375 >.025444923 >SQL*Net more data to client 11770996 0 75680 >.006429362 >control file sequential read 554851 0 3261 >.005877254 >SQL*Net more data to dblink 1076 0 5 >.00464684 >buffer deadlock 1045 1029 1 >.000956938 >SQL*Net message to dblink 1514485 0 456 >.000301092 >SQL*Net message to client 180769119 0 48736 >.000269604 > >29 rows selected. > >SQL> > >Here is the environment: >1)all the file systems for the database, including dump directories are in a >single disk volume group, 2) all redo logs and control files are spread >among all the other database files, 3) Hitachi array is in use with nothing >but RAID-5 for all files (redo as well), 4) the real hard drives within the >array are either shared with other databases on the same server or with >other servers, 5) redo logs are of 100MB size and switch 20+ times/hour when >some of the batch processes run in the evening, 6) no changes are allowed to >any SQL code, Pro*COBOL code that use 'COPYBOOKs' (Remember those?) to >interact with tables at single row level (no array processing) using >routines with bunch of parameters (call insert... call update... call >delete...), 7) the array has 32GB of NV cache and that's the max it can have >(the DB is 180GB, there are 3 other similar ones from just this server). > >Now the 'icing on the cake': > The server has 3 other critical databases. All 4 running in archive log >mode. All share the *same* archive log destination. And all databases are >expected to have same amount of batch processing. The archive log >destination is 8GB in size on the 2nd VG. The DB in question, generated >1.8GB to 2+GB of logs in less than an hour during batch processing. At times >our automated archived log siphoning process encounters some bottlenecks >from our single IBM/Tivoli TSM Server where the logs are deposited before >those are purged from archive log destination... > >I was also informed that I will not have much chance to bring about any >changes in the environment described above. Because, I was told, ...it is >the corporate decision to use RAID-5 with HDS array and it is 'the most cost >effective way to address our storage needs'.... and a single VG per database >helps UNIX support to implement HACMP with much ease... and we can not meet >our published deadlines if we made any changes and spent time in testing >those unscheduled changes...... yadi yadi yada.... > > >- Kirti > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Joe Testa INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).