Index_W

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W

Wait events, 560

I/O-related, 622

statistics, 622

Watchdog daemon, 399–400, 685

arguments, 691

defined, 685

process, 687

starting, 690–91

watchdog timer, 685

Windows

CFS, 698

CFS features, 713–15

CFS installation, 705–9, 711–13

CFS-installed components and services, 699–700

CFS performance tuning, 716–17

CFS preinstallation steps, 700–705

RAC implementation, 698–717

RAC installation, 709–11

system requirements, 700

WORKAREA_SIZE_POLICY parameter, 384

Workload characteristics, 529, 644–47

global cache hit ratio, 646–47

ratio of current block defers, 647

ratio of I/O for coherence, 647

wait for msg send to complete, 647

Work plan, 745–49

certification matrix, 745–46

introduction, 745

RAC migration checklist, 746–49

Write-ahead logging algorithm, 476–77

Write/read behavior, 193–94

defined, 193

illustrated, 194

See also Cache fusion

Write to disk behavior, 194–98

circumstances, 195

defined, 194

during DML operation, 198

illustrated, 196

See also Cache fusion

Write/write behavior, 190–93

defined, 190

during DML operation, 198

illustrated, 191

See also Cache fusion

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