Re: exadata flash cache and flash disk metrics

From: Ls Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:21:11 +0100
Message-ID: <CAJ2-Qb94+f+jfzgiFucwVJrA2wPDhfyLssd0d_Bah2dig-kVLw_at_mail.gmail.com>



ops no, just saw in the documentation the temporary read/write is only spilled to flash only when WBFC is enabled which is not our case.....

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 9:12 PM Ls Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> We are using flashCacheMode WriteThrough not WBFC. It must be Temp Writes
> then. Let me see if I can drilled down further, will have a look the script
>
> Thanks!
>
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> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 6:54 PM Karl Arao <karlarao_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> is your WBFC enabled ? starting cell version 12.2.1.1.0, if WBFC is
>> enabled temp writes also goes to FD
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>> https://docs.oracle.com/en/engineered-systems/exadata-database-machine/dbmso/whats-new-oracle-exadata-database-machine-12c-release-2-12.2.1.1.0.html#GUID-FFFDCB63-308F-4B08-A917-D635686920E6
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>> check this (
>> https://github.com/karlarao/cellmetricstoolkit/blob/master/1_gen_scl.sh)
>> as a reference on how you can breakdown the IO further, start from CG up to
>> the CD.
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>> CG - consumer group
>> DB - database
>> FC and FL - flash
>> CD - cell disk
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>> Then correlate that with your perf hub Exadata Section. Then you'll be
>> able to see patterns and and numbers to chase and workload periods
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>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:31 AM Ls Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Does anyone know the differece between these two metrics in Exadata
>>> Cells?
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. DB_FC_IO_RQ_SM_SEC => The number of small I/O requests issued by
>>> a database to flash cache per second.
>>> 2. DB_FD_IO_RQ_SM_SEC => The number of small I/O requests issued by
>>> a database to flash disks per second.
>>>
>>>
>>> The difference between flash disk and flash cache precisely.
>>>
>>> Our is 1/8 X6 Rack with HC disks with Flash Cache however when I
>>> run LIST METRICCURRENT DB_FD_IO_RQ_SM_SEC I actually see some values which
>>> is quite confusing because we are using flash cache and not flash disk
>>> (instead we have HC disks).
>>>
>>> Any lights?
>>>
>>> Thanks
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