what type of wait tells you that you have contention for freelists? = > = > From: "Nuno Souto" <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2004/04/29 Thu AM 07:29:15 EDT > To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Index freelists > = > ----- Original Message ----- = > From: "Tanel P=F5der" <tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx> > = > > snip > > But if you have contention on index segment's header block because of= > block > > splits/freelist operations, then either partition the index or have > multiple > > freelist groups, adding freelists again won't help here. Note that ad= ding > > freelist groups require segment rebuild. > = > Very interesting points, Tanel. I've discussed a similar situation wit= h > one of the local Oracle consultants here when 10G and ASSM/ASM were > announced > (re-announced?) early last year. > = > We both reached the conclusion the best approach to contention problems= in > situations like these (header block contention) is to hash partition as= much > as we can (and dare) and forget about fine-tuning segment-headers, free= lists > and all that jazz. Much better bang-for-buck of our time. Same applie= s to > RAC and clustered situations where there may be block (or row) contenti= on. > = > Just hash partition the table + indexes over 50 or so splits and be don= e > with it. 99 times out of 100 it's all you need to do, the remaining 1%= > you ask a guru to sort it out. Would you agree? > = > = > Cheers > Nuno Souto > in sunny Sydney, Australia > dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > = > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > = ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------