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Oracle Database 11gR2 Performance Tuning Cookbook

by Ciro Fiorillo

January 2012

Intermediate to advanced

542 pages

11h 28m

English

Packt Publishing

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What this book covers

Downloading the example codeErrataPiracyQuestions
IntroductionIncorrect session managementPoorly designed cursor managementInadequate relational designImproper use of storage structures
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Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...Collecting different amounts of dataProducing a report on a specific SQLAutomating snapshot generationStatspack maintenance
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Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...Dedicated server versus shared serverWeb applicationsClient-server Online Transaction ProcessingBatch processingSee also
Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...PL/SQL and parsingDiagnosing soft and hard parsingSee also
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How to do it...How it works...There's more...Correct definition of a sequenceSee also
How to do it...How it works...There's more...Materialized views in depthMaterialized views and grantsDatabase parameters to use query rewriteCan I use materialized views in an OLTP environment?
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How to do it...How it works...There's more...Estimating table size with different PCTFREE parameter
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Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...Index rebuild and statisticsSee also
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How to do it...How it works...There's more...The High-Water MarkPctFree, PctUsed, and FREELISTsSee also
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How to do it...How it works...There's more...Lock table statistics for load or highly volatile tablesOther procedures in DBMS_STATSSee also
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Getting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...Private and public stored outlinesSee also
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Tuning checkpoints

A checkpoint is used to ensure consistency in the database; during this operation, all data files are synchronized with the data blocks in memory.

The process responsible for signaling a checkpoint is the CKPT process, which signals the DBWn processes to write the dirty (modified) buffers from database buffer cache in memory to the data files.

During this operation data, file headers and control files are updated to store the last System Change Number (SCN), to ensure data block consistency.

In this recipe, we will see how to tune checkpoints in an Oracle database, to optimize all these write operations involved in checkpoints, balancing the trade-off between the redo log size and recovery time, in case of instance failure.