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RE: I/O and db_file_multiblock_read_count

From: Kevin Lidh <kevin.lidh_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:49:06 -0700
Message-Id: <1165866546.14304.21.camel@lidhfed.lidh.com>

  1. Yes, I built my million-record table in the USERS tablespace so the DBF is the same one in the OP.
  2. We're using a Hitachi SAN 9980 (my SA says it's also referred to as HP's XP 1024).
  3. The LUN is 8 disks RAID 5.

On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 11:15 -0800, Kevin Closson wrote:
> Your tests prove that the I/O subsystem drops from
> 115MB/s to 40MBs if doing a sequential scan of a really
> small file. It generally is not the case that larger application
> requests result in longer scan times, but it raises some questions:
>
> 1. Is users01.dbf the same file invovled in the test reported in the OP?
> 2. What kind of SAN is under users01.dbf?
> 3. What kind of LUN is under users01.dbf (e.g., 2 disks RAID 1+0 striped
> with 32KB ?)
>
>
>

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