使用 db_file_multiblock_read_count测试Oracle在不同系统中的IO能力

link:http://www.eygle.com/faq/db_file_multiblock_read_count&OracleIO.htm初始化参数db_file_multiblock_read_count 影响Oracle在执行全表扫描时一次读取的block的数量. db_file_multiblock_read_count的设置要受OS最大IO能力影响，也就是说，假如 你系统的硬件IO能力有限，即使设置再大的db_file_multiblock_read_count也是没有用 的。理论上，最大db_file_multiblock_read_count和系统IO能力应该有如下关系: Max(db_file_multiblock_read_count) = MaxOsIOsize/db_block_size当然这个Max(db_file_multiblock_read_count)还要受Oracle的限制，目前Oracle所支持的最大db_file_multiblock_read_count 值为128.我们可以通过db_file_multiblock_read_count来测试Oracle在不同系统下，单次IO最大所能读取得数据量：$ sqlplus '/ as sysdba'SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - ProdUCtion on Wed Aug 11 23:43:52 2004Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle.; All rights reserved.Connected to:Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - 64bit ProductionWith the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining optionsSYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >show parameter read_countNAME TYPE;;;;;VALUE------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------db_file_multiblock_read_count;;;;;integer;;16SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >create tablespace dfmbrc 2; datafile '/opt/oracle/oradata/eygle/dfmbrc.dbf' 3; size 20M extent management local uniform size 2M;Tablespace created.SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >create table t tablespace dfmbrc as select * from dba_objects;Table created.SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >insert into t select * from t;9149 rows created.SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >/18298 rows created.SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >/36596 rows created.SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >commit;Commit complete.SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >alter session set db_file_multiblock_read_count=1000;Session altered.SYS AS SYSDBA on 12-AUG-04 >show parameter read_countNAMETYPE; ;;;;VALUE------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------db_file_multiblock_read_count;;;;;integer;;;;;128SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >alter session set events '10046 trace name context forever,level 12';Session altered.SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >alter system flush buffer_cache;System altered.SYS AS SYSDBA on 11-AUG-04 >select count(*) from t; COUNT(*)---------- 73192SYS AS SYSDBA on 12-AUG-04 >@gettraceTRACE_FILE_NAME--------------------------------------------------------------------------------/opt/oracle/soft/eygle_ora_24432.trc$ cat /opt/oracle/soft/eygle_ora_24432.trcgrep scaWAIT #26: nam='db file scattered read' ela= 18267 p1=10 p2=10 p3=128WAIT #26: nam='db file scattered read' ela= 8836 p1=10 p2=138 p3=127WAIT #26: nam='db file scattered read' ela= 8923 p1=10 p2=265 p3=128WAIT #26: nam='db file scattered read' ela= 8853 p1=10 p2=393 p3=128WAIT #26: nam='db file scattered read' ela= 8985 p1=10 p2=521 p3=128WAIT #26: nam='db file scattered read' ela= 8997 p1=10 p2=649 p3=128WAIT #26: nam='db file scattered read' ela= 9096 p1=10 p2=777 p3=128WAIT #26: nam='db file scattered read' ela= 583 p1=10 p2=905 p3=12$我们可以看到，在以上测试平台中，Oracle最多每次IO能够读取128个Block，由于block_size为8k,也就是每次最多读取了1M数据.系统平台为: $ uname -aSunOS billing 5.8 Generic_108528-23 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4当然具体的，Oracle一次IO能读取多少block还和很多因素有关，比如存储是否连续，磁盘是否经过条带等方式划分，并且Oracle的单次IO读取不能跨越Extent边界等.某些平台还和操作系统的参数设置有关.大家可以测试一下不同的平台，Oracle的单次IO最多可以读取的Block数量.