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Re: "free buffer waits" under eXtreme Transaction Loads

From: Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha <oraperfman_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:19:11 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <20040726191911.40240.qmail@web52302.mail.yahoo.com>


Vivek,

Could you please share with us a 10046 trace output on the said SQL statements, so that one can ascertain what the "real problem" is? Just by looking at the STATSPACK report and the high-level waits, it is very difficult to determine anything, at the level of granularity one needs.

Some questions you need to ask yourself:

  1. What is your tuning goal?
  2. What is an acceptable response time for each of your SQL statements?
  3. What is the quantifiable benefit of your tuning exercise? -- Business Value for the Bank

If the SQL statements run within the "required response times" during heavy/peak load, then no matter what the "waits" are, should one really care? One can try eliminating every wait in the database, but may never accomplish that goal. Also, if one consciously tries "eliminating waits" even though the application is running within its response time goals - One is probably suffering from CTD... Compulsive Tuning Disorder...:)

Jokes aside, response time and business value for the tuning exercise are key elements. Everything else is secondary. I am optimistic that you have already considered that.

Cheers,

Gaja


Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha
E-mail :gajav_at_yahoo.com

Co-author:Oracle Insights:Tales of the Oak Table - http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=314

Co-author:Oracle Performance Tuning 101
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