1. Microservices Architecture Documentation
  2. Performance
  3. Monitor
  4. Monitor Processes from the Performance Metrics Service
  5. Protocols for Performance Monitoring for Different Operating Systems

Protocols for Performance Monitoring for Different Operating Systems

Oracle GoldenGate uses Unix Domain Sockets (UDS) for UNIX-based and Named Pipes (for Windows) techniques to send monitoring points from Extract, Replicat, and other processes to the Performance Monitoring Service of the deployment.

For each deployment, the Performance Metrics Service is local to the host. This makes it more secure to use the Unix Domain Sockets (UDS) protocol or Named Pipes technique in Windows for Inter-process Communication (IPC) with the service and improve overall performance. Named Pipes utilizes a unique file system called NPFS (Named Pipe filesystem) that allows managing the security as any file subject using security checks for file access.

  • UDS is available with Oracle and non-Oracle databases. The UDS file is located in the $OGG_HOME/var/temp directory of the deployment.

  • The standard location for named pipes in Windows is \\ServerName\pipe\PipeName (\\ServerName\pipe\).