8.9 V$INSTANCE_CACHE_TRANSFER

V$INSTANCE_CACHE_TRANSFER displays statistics for the cache blocks transferred among instances.

Oracle keeps multiple versions of data buffered in the buffer cache. The current buffer (or block), CURRENT_BLOCK, is the most up-to-date copy, containing all recent modifications. A consistent read buffer (or block), CR_BLOCK, contains the version of the data at a particular time prior to the current buffer. It is read-consistent (that is, all the data shown in that buffer are consistent for the start time of a query).

Therefore, for the same data block there can be multiple copies in the buffer cache: one current copy, and one or more consistent read copies with data consistent as of different snapshot times.

Column Datatype Description

INSTANCE

NUMBER

Instance from which the blocks are transferred

CLASS

VARCHAR2(18)

Class of the cache block

LOST

NUMBER

The number of blocks that were sent by a particular instance but that never arrived in this instance

LOST_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for blocks that were sent by a particular instance but that never arrived in this instance

CR_BLOCK

NUMBER

CR Block transfers not affected by remote processing delays

CR_BLOCK_TIME

NUMBER

Total time waited for CR blocks from a particular instance (includes the other times)

CR_2HOP

NUMBER

The count of CR blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance after a 2-way round-trip

CR_2HOP_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for CR blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance after a 2-way round-trip

CR_3HOP

NUMBER

The count of CR blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance after a 3-way round-trip

CR_3HOP_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for CR blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance after a 3-way round-trip

CR_BUSY

NUMBER

CR Block transfers affected by remote contention

CR_BUSY_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for CR blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance and which were delayed by a log flushed on the sending instance

CR_CONGESTED

NUMBER

CR Block transfers affected by remote system load

CR_CONGESTED_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for CR blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance and which were delayed because LMS was busy

CURRENT_BLOCK

NUMBER

Current block transfers not affected by remote processing delays

CURRENT_BLOCK_TIME

NUMBER

Total time waited for current blocks from a particular instance (includes the other times

CURRENT_2HOP

NUMBER

The count of current blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance after a 2-way round-trip

CURRENT_2HOP_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for current blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance after a 2-way round-trip

CURRENT_3HOP

NUMBER

The count of current blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance after a 3-way round-trip

CURRENT_3HOP_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for current blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance after a 3-way round-trip

CURRENT_BUSY

NUMBER

Current block transfers affected by remote contention

CURRENT_BUSY_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for current blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance and which were delayed by a log flushed on the sending instance

CURRENT_CONGESTED

NUMBER

Current block transfers affected by remote system load

CURRENT_CONGESTED_TIME

NUMBER

The time waited for current blocks which were received by this instance from a particular instance and which were delayed because LMS was busy

CON_ID

NUMBER

The ID of the container to which the data pertains. Possible values include:

  • 0: This value is used for rows containing data that pertain to the entire CDB. This value is also used for rows in non-CDBs.

  • 1: This value is used for rows containing data that pertain to only the root

  • n: Where n is the applicable container ID for the rows containing data