Simulate, not AIO!
Thanks
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LSC
On 8/6/07, edwin devadanam <edwin_kodamala_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Cheng,
>
> metalink note: 47328.1 says:
> If you set DISK_ASYNCH_IO to false, then you should also set
> DBWR_IO_SLAVES to a value
> other than its default of zero in order to simulate asynchronous I/O.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Edwin.K
>
> *LS Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> Dude we all have told you you cannot use AIO with Filesystems!
>
> If you really really want to use AIO with Filesystems then buy Veritas
> Quick I/O. That does support AIO with Filesystem but using Cluster
> Filesystems.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> LSC
>
>
> On 8/6/07, edwin devadanam <edwin_kodamala_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Please add ur valuable comments on the below mentioned points.
> >
> > This is production database:
> >
> > SQL> show sga
> > Total System Global Area 3215950016 bytes
> > Fixed Size 741568 bytes
> > Variable Size 1056964608 bytes
> > Database Buffers 2147483648 bytes
> > Redo Buffers 10760192 bytes
> >
> > 1) As discussed we can't use disk_asynch_io=true in HP-UX(its using jfs
> > not raw filesystem)
> > 2) Is HP-UX(JFS) doesnt suport asynchronous io?(operating system level)
> > 3) dbwr_io_slaves=x or db_writer_processes=y which one does asynchronous
> > i/o?(refer Note:47328.1)
> > 4)Keeping db_writer_processes=y only will i not achieve asynchornous
> > i/o?
> >
> > Thanks In Advance,
> > Edwin.K
> >
> > *Roby Sherman <rxsherm_at_interealm.com>* wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > - disk_asynch_io is used to enable the oracle kernel to make use of
> > > asynchronous io, IF the OS supports it.
> >
> > And you really DO want to figure out if your OS supports it.
> > Otherwise if you turn it on and its not supported, your database is
> > essentially making two I/O calls for every one... One to aio_write
> > (which fails) and then an immediate call to pwrite after. I can't
> > tell you how many environments I come into where disk_asynch_io is
> > set to true and it isn't supported.
> >
> > --Roby
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