RE: Buffer Gets

2001-02-09 Thread Tim Sawmiller
A buffer get is simply an I/O request that didn't need to access the disk directly because the required buffer was still in memory. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/09/01 04:15AM >>> Jack, My understanding of a buffer get is a request for data from a data buffer (ex. DB_BLOCK_BUFFER) therefore showin

RE: Buffer Gets

2001-02-09 Thread Mark Leith
Jack, My understanding of a buffer get is a request for data from a data buffer (ex. DB_BLOCK_BUFFER) therefore showing an approximate amount of CPU resources used, as every time a request to a buffer is sent it takes a CPU cycle. HTH Mark -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu