Re: DB_WRITERS set > 1

> Rich Woods <rwoods01_at_interserv.com> writes:
> julienr_at_ncr.disa.mil wrote:
> >
> > The docs indicate that DB_WRITERS set greater than 1 causes Oracle to proc
> > child writer processes. I am running a Sun Sparc20 with 4 processors using Oracle 7.3.2,
> > have set DB_WRITERS to 4 and bounced the instance. I checked the DB_WRITER count
> > via svrmgr once the db was restarted and found it to be 4, however a ps of the current processes
> > revealed just the single DBWR-- no writer child processes (eg. db002...). Is this unsupported under
> > UNIX (solaris 2.4), which seems unlikely, or are these child processes launched as needed?
> >
> > Any experience with this?
> >
> > Randy
> > Randy,
>
> The number of DBWR processes will always be one regardless of your
> init.ora setting if you've got async I/O enabled, which is the default on
> Solaris platforms.
> --
> Rich Woods
> Technical Field Support Specialist, Oracle Corporation, USA
> The above statements and opinions are my own and do not
> necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation.
>
>>>>
Rich, thanks for the help!! Received on Wed Jul 17 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST