RE: AIX 5.2 move from JFS to JFS2
- From: "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Patty.Charlebois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:38:37 -0400
Patty,
Of course, since you just moved from 9.2 to 10.2, you mean db_cache_size, not
db_block_buffers, right? ;-) I don't have any firsthand experience w/ JFS2,
however, yes, in general, it's certainly possible to see physical I/O increase,
as Oracle now has to physically hit disk for data that was previously cached in
the filesystem buffer cache. This is ok though, the idea is that Oracle is
much smarter about caching stuff than the filesystem is, since it has more
information. So, there should have been some memory freed up, when you moved
to JFS2 and CIO. That memory should be allocated to the database buffer cache,
to compensate. In the end, you should come out ahead. Finally, if you really
want to get bang for your buck on caching, you may consider implementing a keep
and a recycle pool. I have done this to great effect in the past.
Hope that helps,
-Mark
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-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Patty.Charlebois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:47 AM
To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: AIX 5.2 move from JFS to JFS2
Now that I have upgraded our production systems from 9.2.0.7 to 10.2.0.3 I can
see via truss that Oracle is taking advantage of our newly implemented JFS2
filesystems and opening the datafiles using CIO.
We are experiencing higher WIO percentages since the upgrade.
My sysadmn has suggested that perhaps I need to increase db_block_buffers to
make up for the lack of buffering at the FS level now that we are using JFS2.
Does anyone have any experience and/or thoughts regarding this?
TIA,
Patty
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