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DB time in AWR Report - (CPU time,I/O and waits)? [message #559996] Mon, 09 July 2012 01:42 Go to next message
orapratap
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Hello

I understand that when data is read from the disk, I/O is done
And When computations are done then CPU is used

Then where the following equation fits?

DB Time = sum of database CPU time + waits

Is I/O considered as a part of CPU time?

Does this equation changes with SAN, OS caching?

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Re: DB time in AWR Report - (CPU time,I/O and waits)? [message #560001 is a reply to message #559996] Mon, 09 July 2012 02:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Database 2 Day + Performance Tuning Guide
Chapter 2 Oracle Database Performance Method
Section Time Model Statistics

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Re: DB time in AWR Report - (CPU time,I/O and waits)? [message #560036 is a reply to message #560001] Tue, 10 July 2012 00:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
orapratap
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Hello Michel

Thanks for your reply and the link mentioned in it

I am reading the topics covered in the link. However there isn't a clue regarding "if cpu is used while doing I/O"

We always refer the terms "system is CPU bound" or "system is I/O bound" implying these are 2 different things and Mostly meaning cpu is used as a part of I/O operation

Also you will see in OEM - Top Activity page, sql statements sre categorized as different wait class - 1) CPU Usage 2) System I/O

This seems to me as CPU usage and I/O are 2 different things and if those are diffrent does the CPU Time in AWR covers I/O operation time in it?

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Re: DB time in AWR Report - (CPU time,I/O and waits)? [message #560039 is a reply to message #560036] Tue, 10 July 2012 01:04 Go to previous message
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However there isn't a clue regarding "if cpu is used while doing I/O"


Yes and no. IT is more an OS question than an Oracle one.
IO is:
1/ Prepare the io -> cpu
2/ Ask the io controller to execute the io -> cpu
3/ wait for the controller to answer -> wait (if synchroneous io)
4/ Receive the io acknowledge and possibly (if read) fill the caller buffer -> cpu
(I simplify because you also have cpu due to your context swicth off and on, possibly cpu due to other interruptions...)

So CPU measure includes this cpu that is part of io, and IO measure only includes the "step" 3.

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