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Symptoms
Cause
Solution
References
APPLIES TO:
Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 11.1.0.6 and later [Release: 11.1 and later ]Linux x86
Linux x86-64
Linux Itanium
This issue can affect the Oracle server (RDBMS) running on Linux platforms.
(The warning can occur on other platforms but the required action is platform specific)
SYMPTOMS
An asynchronous I/O limit warning of the form:"Warning: OS async I/O limit 128 is lower than recovery batch 1024"
may be signaled in the alert log by recovery slave or coordinator processes if the Linux kernel has not been configured sufficiently for async IO operations.
Operations will still continue but IO operations will not be performed asynchronously which may impact recovery performance.
CAUSE
This warning is signaled when an Oracle process cannot reserve enough async IO descriptors during instance or media recovery.SOLUTION
On Redhat Linux 4 and 5 the recommended action is to raise the value of /proc/sys/fs/aio-max-nr.e.g.: Set the value to 1048576 or higher.
To set the value for SUSE Linux, add the below entry in the file /etc/sysctl.conf :
fs.aio-max-nr=1048576
REFERENCES
NOTE:225751.1 - Asynchronous I/O (aio) on RedHat Advanced Server 2.1 and RedHat Enterprise Linux 3NOTE:741835.1 - Starting Redo Apply -"Warning: OS async I/O limit 128 is lower than recovery batch 1024" on standby
NOTE:1275773.1 - Slow Apply On the Standby and getting "Os Async I/O Limit 128 Is Lower Than Recovery Batch 1024"