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595165

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top events question
Posted: Oct 3, 2007 8:18 AM

Event Waits Time(s) Avg Wait(ms) % Total Call Time Wait Class
CPU time 1,167 86.9
db file sequential read 111,047 223 2 16.6 User I/O
log file sync 77,390 132 2 9.9 Commit
log file parallel write 78,060 124 2 9.2 System I/O
db file scattered read 79,233 10 0 0.7 User I/O

sorry about the formatting.

From AWR I am seeing a lot of CPU taking most call time %.

Can anyone explain what this means. I have looked on metalink and there are a number of doc regarding top events in general.

rgds

R

sybrandb

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Registered: 08/04/98

Re: top events question
Posted: Oct 3, 2007 8:25 AM

in response to: 595165

This is your load profile.
86 percent of your snapshot interval is devoted to the system using CPU on behalf of the end-users.
This is quite good!
db file sequential read: the database is waiting for a block from disk
db file scattered read: the database is waiting for db_file_multiblock_read_count blocks.
log file sync: the database is waiting for a commit to complete.

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Serch-NET

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Registered: 11/20/06

Re: top events question
Posted: Oct 3, 2007 8:49 AM

in response to: sybrandb

Hi, you have problems with the IO performance, in the events you can see waits for I/O, you can review the Note:276514.1 into Metalink site.

Regards.

orafad

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Registered: 02/04/99

Re: top events question
Posted: Oct 3, 2007 8:54 AM

in response to: Serch-NET

Hm, to me that profile looks more like an app putting load on the database server... but either way, you can't really tell just by looking at a few context-less numbers.

595165

Posts: 120
Registered: 09/15/07

Re: top events question
Posted: Oct 3, 2007 9:00 AM

in response to: orafad

hi,
Sorry am a bit confused by the replies. Someone says it is good, others say bad.

There is an application running against the DB.

I will review the metalink note

cheers
R

orafad

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Registered: 02/04/99

Re: top events question
Posted: Oct 3, 2007 9:13 AM

in response to: 595165

Sorry am a bit confused by the replies. Someone says
it is good, others say bad.

That was sort of my point. Maybe, for example, the log write is a problem, but unless you have a real, specific performance issue then it's just chasing numbers and a waste of time.

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