Oracle Performance Firefighting
by Craig Shallahamer

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So, when one of the top wait events is log file parallel write, remember that there are a number of Oracle-focused solutions available to you.

Every Oracle DBA will eventually encounter the log file switch wait events. To summarize, the log writer background process is ready to switch writing from one online redo log group and begin writing to another, but it is prevented from doing so. As a result, all DML-related activity eventually comes to a screeching halt. There are two main ways this can occur, and each has its own related wait event. Figure 8-18 will be used to clarify both situations.

Figure 8-18. Shown are the log writer (LGWR) and archive (ARCH) background processes, three online redo log groups, and a disk containing all the archived redo logs. The log writer background process is currently writing to online redo log group RLOG 100, and the archive background process is reading online redo log group RLOG 300 and writing it to the archived redo log disk.

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