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Database: Asynchronous I/O (DB2 UDB for UNIX
and Windows) 
To display information on I/O servers and I/O cleaners, call the DBA Cockpit.
...
1. In the navigation frame, choose Performance ® Database.
The Database Snapshot screen appears.
2. Choose Asynchronous I/O.
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Field |
Description |
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I/O |
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Number of I/O Servers |
Number of I/O servers that read data asynchronously from the hard disk into the buffer pool |
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Number of I/O Cleaners |
Number of I/O cleaners that write data asynchronously from the buffer pool to the hard disk |
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Average Time |
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Asynchronous Physical Reads |
Average time in milliseconds required by the I/O servers to read a page from disk and write it to the buffer pool |
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Asynchronous Physical Writes |
Average time in milliseconds required by the I/O cleaners to read a page from the buffer pool and write it to the hard disk |
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Data |
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Asynchronous Physical Reads |
Number of data pages that were read asynchronously from disk and written to the buffer pool by the I/O servers (prefetch) |
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Asynchronous Physical Writes |
Number of data pages that were written asynchronously from buffer pool to disk (I/O cleaners) |
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Asynchronous Read Requests |
Number of asynchronous data read requests |
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Index |
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Asynchronous Physical Reads |
Number of index pages that were read asynchronously from disk and written to the buffer pool by the I/O servers (prefetch) |
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Asynchronous Physical Writes |
Number of index pages that were written asynchronously from buffer pool to disk (I/O cleaners) |
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Asynchronous Read Requests |
Number of asynchronous index read requests |

Data is read or written in pages. A page can be 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, or 32 KB in size.
