hi,Robert Blok i do a test on my 10G database , swaitch logfile , do= nothing, only one user -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 1536 Apr 22 16:40= o1_mf_1_217_08h18835_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 1024 Apr 22 16:40= o1_mf_1_218_08h189p0_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 4096 Apr 22 16:41= o1_mf_1_219_08h19252_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 1024 Apr 22 16:41= o1_mf_1_220_08h19401_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 1536 Apr 22 16:41= o1_mf_1_221_08h195mm_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 1024 Apr 22 16:41= o1_mf_1_222_08h19d5t_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 20480 Apr 22 16:42= o1_mf_1_223_08h1d0z0_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 1536 Apr 22 16:42= o1_mf_1_224_08h1d5d8_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 1024 Apr 22 16:42= o1_mf_1_225_08h1d6to_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 2048 Apr 22 16:42= o1_mf_1_226_08h1d8yn_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 56832 Apr 22 16:42= o1_mf_1_227_08h1dh0g_.arc -rw-rw---- 1 oracle oracle 1024 Apr 22 16:42= o1_mf_1_228_08h1dj87_.arc logfile header take 2 blocks ,1024 bytes. 1536 - 1024 =3D 512 ,one os block or one redo log block . one backgroud process write something , maybe it is no useful= logging . such as the process generate SCN ... i have met one intresting things,i create the controlfile and = do a incomplete recovery from rac DB, the archived logs from rac1 and rac2 i notice that recovery do not use rac1's archived log x ,but= i must apply the rac1's archived log x . then it switch to rac2's archived log and the SCN is not= increment . i guess the archived log x "have no useful redo" but it need it. Best regards yahoo id: feng_chunpei A new dba from china ---- from the mail----- >Please keep in mind that this is a test. >I switched logfiles myself. There actually is almost nothing in= them, >because I am the only user on the system and did some switches= myself. >Of course there is always some background redo logging. > >As you can see below there is almost no logging in the files= (the redo >files actually are 100M). > >-rw-rw---- 1 oracle users 1536 2004-04-21 15:36 >robert_log_thread0001_seq0000000027.arc >-rw-rw---- 1 oracle users 2560 2004-04-21 15:37 >robert_log_thread0001_seq0000000028.arc >-rw-rw---- 1 oracle users 2560 2004-04-21 15:37 >robert_log_thread0001_seq0000000029.arc >-rw-rw---- 1 oracle users 1536 2004-04-21 15:37 >robert_log_thread0002_seq0000000027.arc >-rw-rw---- 1 oracle users 1536 2004-04-21 15:37 >robert_log_thread0002_seq0000000028.arc >-rw-rw---- 1 oracle users 17408 2004-04-21 15:40 >robert_log_thread0002_seq0000000029.arc >-rw-rw---- 1 oracle users 24064 2004-04-21 15:40 >robert_log_thread0001_seq0000000030.arc >-rw-rw---- 1 oracle users 3584 2004-04-21 15:41 >robert_log_thread0002_seq0000000030.arc > > >biti_rainy wrote: >> hi,Robert Blok >> >> thread 2 : >> 27 2 21-04-2004 15:37:31 21-04-2004= 15:37:37=3D >> YES NO >> 28 2 21-04-2004 15:37:37 21-04-2004= 15:37:43=3D >> YES NO >> ONLY 6 seconds , the logfile has no redo >> 29 2 21-04-2004 15:37:43 21-04-2004 15:40:48= YES=3D >> YES >> there are 3 minutes , how do you know the logfile has no= =3D >> redo ? >> maybe some backgroud process generate redo ? >> >> how big are the archived logs ? they have the same bytes= ? >> > >----------------------------------------------------------------= >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 >----------------------------------------------------------------= - > >. =A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------