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How to Check Oracle Datafile I/O With V$FILESTAT (Doc ID 1050735.6)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

 How to Check Oracle Datafile I/O with V$FILESTAT
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How do we find Oracle Datafile activity?

Scope

 Examine disk access to database files through the dynamic performance table V$FILESTAT. This view shows the following for database I/O (but not for log file I/O):
- number of physical reads and writes
- number of blocks read and written
- total I/O time for reads and writes

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