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Background documentation Database: Asynchronous I/O (DB2 UDB for UNIX and Windows) Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

To display information on I/O servers and I/O cleaners, call the DBA Cockpit.

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       1.      In the navigation frame, choose Performance  ® Database.

The Database Snapshot screen appears.

       2.      Choose Asynchronous I/O.

 

Field

Description

I/O

 

Number of I/O Servers

Number of I/O servers that read data asynchronously from the hard disk into the buffer pool

Number of I/O Cleaners

Number of I/O cleaners that write data asynchronously from the buffer pool to the hard disk

Average Time

 

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

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

Data

 

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)

Asynchronous Physical Writes

Number of data pages that were written asynchronously from buffer pool to disk (I/O cleaners)

Asynchronous Read Requests

Number of asynchronous data read requests

Index

 

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)

Asynchronous Physical Writes

Number of index pages that were written asynchronously from buffer pool to disk (I/O cleaners)

Asynchronous Read Requests

Number of asynchronous index read requests

Note

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

 

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