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Re: log writer check

From: Eugene <epipko_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 23 May 2005 10:25:20 -0700
Message-ID: <1116869120.408207.126970@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>


Thanks for your reply.
First I wanted to say that I am using Oracle 9i on Win2003 server. Sorry, I meant to say that I have a long time writing redo logs, not to a datafiles. I have more than one archiver. If I'd have a problem with archiver, wouldn't I see it there?

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> On 23 May 2005 09:17:21 -0700, "Eugene" <epipko_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >I have noticed that REDO LOG WRITER is taking very long time. It
took
> >150 ms to write to a datafile.
> >I have 12 groups with 2 members in each. How do I go about it? What
do
> >I check? Is there a way to see what caused it?
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Eugene
>
> LGWR doesn't write datafiles, and the ARC<n> process is responsible
> for archiving a log file, so you seem to mix up things.
> Twelve groups is a bit ridiculous. Usually 4 or 5 are sufficient. How
> big are these log files?
> Also, if you run only *one* archiver, and several online redologs
> needs to be archived at the same time you have a bottle neck.
> As you have 12 online redolog groups, it very much looks like you
have
> a badly written application, and you already resorted to
'more=better'
> tuning.
> You can increase the number of max_archive_processes (top of my head,
> you'll need to look this up), but I think you would better start
> beating developers.
>
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Mon May 23 2005 - 12:25:20 CDT

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