In my last blog post I covered some details of our recent battle with memory fragmentation problems on an OL6 server (Exadata compute node). It was mostly focused around page cache growth which was the main scenario. However, in addition to that, there was also a secondary scenario that had a completely different mechanism, and I will describe it in this post.
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Query tuning by waste minimization: a real-life example
Today I’d like to share another tuning example from a recent case at work, which in my opinion is good for illustrating typical steps involved in SQL optimization process.
I was handed a poorly performing query with a relatively verbose text, so I will only give the general structure here (it will also prevent me from accidentally disclosing some sensitive information from that application):
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Log buffer space
Introduction
Log buffer space is a simple, yet frequently misunderstood wait event. The main reason for that is probably its name. It sounds as if it points immediately to the answer: if space in the log buffer is the issue, then increasing it surely should resolve it. Well, unfortunately even though log buffer space is simple, it’s not that simple.
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Oracle Diagnostician 