DBA AWR Latch Summary
Description:
Summary of latch statistics such as misses and wait times for a specified snapshot time interval
Parameters
Date From, Date To, Level of Detail, Request Id (Time Restriction), Time Restriction, Diagnostic Pack enabled, Container Data
Used tables
dba_hist_snapshot, dba_hist_latch
Categories
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Dependencies
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Example Report
DBA AWR Latch Summary 26-Nov-2018 223201.xlsx
Report SQL
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Executive Summary
The DBA AWR Latch Summary report provides an aggregated view of latch statistics over a specified period. While the “Latch by Time” report shows trends, this report is useful for identifying the “Top N” latches causing the most pain overall. It summarizes misses, sleeps, and wait times to highlight the most contended memory structures.
Business Challenge
- Top Contributors: “Which latch is responsible for 80% of our concurrency wait time?”
- Tuning Prioritization: Deciding which area to focus on (e.g., Shared Pool vs. Buffer Cache) based on latch statistics.
- Efficiency Analysis: High “Misses” but low “Sleeps” might indicate efficient spinning, whereas high “Sleeps” indicates severe contention.
Solution
This report aggregates latch statistics for the selected timeframe.
Key Features:
- Gets: Number of times the latch was requested.
- Misses: Number of times the latch was not obtained on the first try.
- Sleeps: Number of times the process had to yield the CPU while waiting.
- Wait Time: Total time spent waiting.
Architecture
The report queries DBA_HIST_LATCH.
Key Tables:
DBA_HIST_LATCH: Historical latch statistics.
Impact
- Targeted Optimization: Focuses tuning efforts on the specific memory structures causing bottlenecks.
- Configuration Tuning: Can suggest changes to initialization parameters (e.g., increasing
SHARED_POOL_SIZEorDB_CACHE_SIZE) to relieve latch pressure. - Code Optimization: Helps identify application patterns (like hard parsing) that stress specific latches.
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