Buffer Hit Ratio % -- Whats the right query ?

Question

Whats the right query to track Buffer Hit % ;
Using this :
prompt BUFFER HIT RATIO %
prompt ===============
select 100 * ((a.value+b.value)-c.value) / (a.value+b.value) "Buffer Hit Ratio"
from v$sysstat a, v$sysstat b, v$sysstat c
where
a.statistic# = 38
and
b.statistic# = 39
and
c.statistic# = 40;
Buffer Hit Ratio
99.9678438
However, using this :
Select
Round((Sum(Decode(name, 'consistent gets',value,0)) +
Sum(Decode(name, 'db block gets',value,0)) -
Sum(Decode(name, 'physical reads',value,0))) /
(Sum(Decode(name, 'consistent gets',value,0)) +
Sum(Decode(name, 'db block gets',value,0)) ) * 100, 4)
from V$sysstat;
Comes up as : 67.7069 %
So which is the right one ?
Thanks.

Answer 1

user4874781 wrote:
Well, I recently joined this organisation and that was the script that was used since long to check Buffer Hit Ratio%.
But when I ran a TOAD report, using the other query, the value came up different.
So am confused .. Whats the difference and which is the right one ?
Try running the following query:
select
        statistic#, name
from
        v$sysstat
where
        statistic# in (38,39,40)
or      name in (
                'consistent gets',
                'physical reads',
                'db block gets'
;The you will understand the point the previous answer was making. It's a bad idea to rely on things like the statistic# being consistent across different versions of Oracle - names tend to be safer.
But neither query is correct. If you want any sort of vaguely meaningful "buffer cache hit ratio", you should be quering v$buffer_pool_statistics. See also: Re: Testing of buffer cache reveals these results: and http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/hit-ratios/
Regards
Jonathan Lewis
http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com
http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
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