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direct path sync

Short Description

Waiting for all asynchronous Direct Path Writes to complete.

Detailed Description​

This wait is seen when Oracle is waiting on confirmation that all async writes have been completed.

How to reduce this wait​

As direct writes should happen at near disk speed, check the disk subsystem to ensure it is not overloaded.

Oracle Performance Tuning Guide - direct path write and direct path write

Oracle Docs - direct path sync

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