Oracle Database 11g Oracle Real Application Clusters Handbook, 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition
by K Gopalakrishnan
In a Nutshell
Cache Fusion contributes to the extreme performance of Oracle Database RAC. In this chapter, you saw examples of how it actually works and what happens “under the hood” to enable the transparency of the sessions and connected applications. Understanding the workings of Cache Fusion will help you to appreciate the functionalities and enable designing highly scalable system architectures.
Past Image (PI) blocks and block written records (BWR) optimize the block transfer between instances and guarantee faster block recovery during instance failures in high-concurrency environments. Newly improved dynamic remastering and read-mostly affinity algorithms reduce the messages between master and requestor on some specific conditions.
The ...
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