RE: Shared server tuning

  • From: "Powell, Mark D" <mark.powell@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:53:25 -0400

Steve, that sounds like the Oracle trace facility problem which I believe
was limited to the first release of the product (? 7.3, 8.0 ?).  But if it
were the problem you can expect to find a couple of large (> 5M).dat files
in the $ORACLE_HOME/otrace/admin directory if my memory is correct.  I think
it was also possible to generate a large .dat file that slowed connections
down via the listener.  I would expect that .dat file to be in the same
directory as the tnsnames.ora and listener.ora files.

But it has been a long time.
HTH -- Mark D Powell --

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Karniotis, Stephen
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:25 PM
To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: Shared server tuning


Something else to look for could be, and I say could be, the infamous Oracle
Trace stuff working for connections.  Tom:  Do you remember this issue where
connection time significantly increased as a file got larger.  Check your
ORACLE_HOME/trace/admin directory and see if you have any files of size in
there.  If so, delete them.

Thank You

Stephen P. Karniotis
Compuware Corporation
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 -----Original Message-----
From:   oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Mercadante, Thomas F
Sent:   Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:07 PM
To:     'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject:        RE: Shared server tuning

Aaron,

You can get the 90% performance gain if you are not experiencing a known MTS
bug that exists in 8.1.7.2.  Since you are using 9.0.1.3, I suspect that you
may be sharing the same pleasure I am.

The MTS bug causes a 60 second delay in processing.  Something about a
timeout.  I don't get it every time, but we had to work things around a bhit
to avoid it.

Look in Metalink for MTS bugs for your release.

If you can switch to dedicated servers, do it.  How many concurrent users do
you expect to serve?

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional


-----Original Message-----
From: Sentell, Aaron [mailto:aaron_sentell@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:48 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Shared server tuning


I have a six-month-old Oracle 9.0.1.3 database that is using shared server
connections. Users are complaining about system slowness sporadically
throughout the day, but I don't see any CPU, i/o, or network-related issues
with the server itself. I have run a few Statspack reports through
oraperf.com, and they all say that I can get a 90%+ gain by tuning MTS. In
addition, in the waits section, virtual circuit status is by far the event
with the most wait time.

I have checked the v$shared_server_monitor view, and nothing raises a flag
with me. SERVERS_HIGHWATER has never come close to approaching
MAX_SHARED_SERVERS. There are some servers started and terminated throughout
the business day (3-4), but I don't think this would causes the symptoms I
am seeing.

Personally, I am tempted to switch to using dedicated connections. Our
Peoplesoft Financials and HR databases use this, so I doubt this application
would have a problem with it.

Does anybody have any thoughts or ideas? 

Thanks,

Aaron Sentell
Database Administrator
City of Tempe, Arizona
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