Oracle9i Database Reference
Release 1 (9.0.1)

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Dynamic Performance (V$) Views, 22 of 211


V$BUFFER_POOL

This view displays information about all buffer pools available for the instance. The "sets" pertain to the number of LRU latch sets.

See Also:

"DB_BLOCK_SIZE" 

Column  Datatype  Description 

ID 

NUMBER 

Buffer pool ID number  

NAME 

VARCHAR2(20) 

Buffer pool name. Possible values: DEFAULT, KEEP, RECYCLE. Note: Currently, KEEP and RECYCLE pools only exist for the standard block size. All non-standard block size pools are DEFAULT

BLOCK_SIZE 

NUMBER 

Block size in bytes for buffers in this pool. Possible values: the standard block size, the power of 2 non-standard block sizes, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768

RESIZE_STATE 

VARCHAR2(10) 

Current state of the resize operation

STATIC - not being resized

ALLOCATING - memory is being allocated (can be cancelled by the user)

ACTIVATING - new buffers are being created (user cannot cancel)

SHRINKING - buffers are being deleted (can be cancelled by the user) 

CURRENT_SIZE 

NUMBER 

Present size of the sub-cache in megabytes 

BUFFERS 

NUMBER 

Current instantaneous number of buffers 

TARGET_SIZE 

NUMBER 

If a resize is in progress (state is not STATIC), records new target size in megabytes. If the pool is STATIC, the value in this column is the same as the current size of the pool. 

TARGET_BUFFERS 

NUMBER 

If a resize is in progress, records new target size in terms of buffers. Otherwise, the value in this column is the same as the current number of buffers. 

PREV_SIZE 

NUMBER 

Previous buffer pool size. If the buffer pool has never been resized, the previous size is zero. 

PREV_BUFFERS 

NUMBER 

Previous number of buffers in the buffer pool. Value is zero if the buffer pool has never been resized. 

LO_BNUM 

NUMBER 

Obsolete column 

HI_BNUM 

NUMBER 

Obsolete column 

LO_SETID 

NUMBER 

Obsolete column 

HI_SETID 

NUMBER 

Obsolete column 

SET_COUNT 

NUMBER 

Obsolete column 


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