Oracle FAQ | Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid |
![]() |
![]() |
Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re: disk_async_io vs. multiple db_writer_processes
You can also look at the option of using quick i/o or ODM. I normally set both disk_async_io to TRUE and value of db_writer_processes > 1 after ensuring i/o is balanced using some type of logical/physical striping with proper configuration of I/O sizes.
Deepak Sharma <sharmakdeep_oracle_at_yahoo.com> wrote: Following is an excellant place to start: http://www.ixora.com.au/notes/direct_io.htm
> Hello all:
> I would like to ask for your expert opinions on
> the topic of using disk_async_io, and the use of
> multiple db_writer_processes. We're running
> Oracle E-business suites 11.5.10(9i-9205-32bit)
> on Sun E6900, 12 CPUs, 48GB RAM, Solaris 9/64bit.
>
>
> By default, disk_async_io, filesystemio_options;
> db_writer_processes are default to TRUE, ASYNC,
> and 3. The database files(redologs, datafiles,
> controlfiles) are allocated on Sun 3510 storage
> arrays(Hardware RAID10). The UFS filesystems are
> mounted with forcedirectio option.
>
-- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Sat Mar 04 2006 - 07:29:30 CST
![]() |
![]() |