latch: cache buffers chains – Oracle wait event

The Buffer cache is implemented as a chain of blocks linked together under a hash value known as cache buffer chains (CBC). When a buffer is requested the hash value of the chain where the buffer is, will be calculated and then that chain is scanned by walking the chain until the buffer is found.…

Buffer busy waits – Oracle Wait Event

Buffer busy wait happens when a session wants to access a database block in the buffer cache but it cannot as the buffer is “busy”. The two main cases where this can occur are: Another session is reading the block into the buffer Another session holds the buffer in an incompatible mode to our request…