Contention for latches related to the shared pool was consuming significant

Question

We are having performance issue on our database. When I look at the AWR, I see that there is a contention for latches. Below is the AWR Report.
ADDM Report for Task 'ADDM:1775307360_12808'
Analysis Period
AWR snapshot range from 12807 to 12808.
Time period starts at 10-MAY-11 01.00.15 PM
Time period ends at 10-MAY-11 02.00.23 PM
Analysis Target
Database 'ADVFDWP' with DB ID 1775307360.
Database version 11.1.0.7.0.
ADDM performed an analysis of all instances.
Activity During the Analysis Period
Total database time was 27827 seconds.
The average number of active sessions was 7.71.
Summary of Findings
Description Active Sessions Recommendations
Percent of Activity
1 Shared Pool Latches 6.43 | 83.42 0
2 Top SQL by DB Time 2.41 | 31.24 3
3 "Concurrency" Wait Class 2.18 | 28.22 0
4 PL/SQL Execution 1.53 | 19.86 1
5 "User I/O" wait Class 1.33 | 17.24 0
6 Hard Parse 1.24 | 16.14 0
7 Undersized Buffer Cache .83 | 10.73 0
8 CPU Usage .7 | 9.02 0
9 Top SQL By I/O .31 | 4.04 1
10 Top Segments by I/O .24 | 3.12 1
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Findings and Recommendations
Finding 1: Shared Pool Latches
Impact is 6.43 active sessions, 83.42% of total activity.
Contention for latches related to the shared pool was consuming significant
database time in some instances.
Instances that were significantly affected by this finding:
Number Name Percent Impact ADDM Task Name
1 ADVFDWP1 99.31 ADDM:1775307360_1_12808
Check the ADDM analysis of affected instances for recommendations.
Finding 2: Top SQL by DB Time
Impact is 2.41 active sessions, 31.24% of total activity.
SQL statements consuming significant database time were found.
Recommendation 1: SQL Tuning
Estimated benefit is 1.07 active sessions, 13.82% of total activity.
Action
Run SQL Tuning Advisor on the SQL statement with SQL_ID "fdk73nhpt93a5".
Related Object
SQL statement with SQL_ID fdk73nhpt93a5.
INSERT INTO SFCDM.F_LOAN_PTFL_MOL_SNPSHT SELECT * FROM
F_LOAN_PTFL_MOL_SNPSHT_STG
Recommendation 2: SQL Tuning
Estimated benefit is 1 active sessions, 12.96% of total activity.
Action
Tune the PL/SQL block with SQL_ID "7nvgzsgy9ydn9". Refer to the "Tuning
PL/SQL Applications" chapter of Oracle's "PL/SQL User's Guide and
Reference".
Related Object
SQL statement with SQL_ID 7nvgzsgy9ydn9.
begin
insert into SFCDM.F_LOAN_PTFL_MOL_SNPSHT select * from
F_LOAN_PTFL_MOL_SNPSHT_STG;
end;
Recommendation 3: SQL Tuning
Estimated benefit is .4 active sessions, 5.2% of total activity.
Action
Investigate the SQL statement with SQL_ID "fcvfq2gzmxu0t" for possible
performance improvements.
Related Object
SQL statement with SQL_ID fcvfq2gzmxu0t.
select
a11.DT_YR_MO DT_YR_MO,
a11.IND_SCRTZD IND_SCRTZD,
a13.CD_LNSTAT CD_LNSTAT_INTGRTD,
sum(a11.CNT_LOAN) WJXBFS1,
sum(a11.AMT_PART_EOP_UPB) WJXBFS2,
sum(a11.AMT_LST_VLD_PART_UPB) WJXBFS3
from
SFCDM.F_LOAN_PTFL_MOL_SNPSHT
a11
join
SFCDM.D_DETD_LNSTAT_CURR
a12
on
(a11.ID_CYCL_CLOS_DETD_LNSTAT_SRGT = a12.ID_DETD_LNSTAT_SRGT)
join
SFCDM.D_LNSTAT_CD
a13
on
(a12.ID_LNSTAT_CD_SRGT = a13.ID_LNSTAT_CD_SRGT)
join
SFCDM.D_LOAN_CHARTC_CURR_MINI
a14
on
(a11.ID_LOAN_CHARTC_SRGT = a14.ID_LOAN_CHARTC_SRGT)
where
(a11.DT_YR_MO in (201103)
and a14.CD_SFCRM_LOAN_BUS_LI not in ('L', 'T', 'W')
and a13.CD_LNSTAT in (14)
and not exists
(select * from SFCDM.F_LOAN_PTFL_MOL_SNPSHT s
where s.id_loan_syst_gend = a11.id_loan_syst_gend
and s.dt_yr_mo

Answer 1

It is worth checking the actual size of the shared pool e.g.
select pool,sum(bytes)/1024/1024/1024 from v$sgastat group by pool;
the parameters you ahve posted suggest you have set a minimum but no maximum, so it could very large.
Next up is looking for unhared SQL i.e.
select column1 from some_table where column2='A_VALUE';
select column1 from some_table where column2='Another_Value';
where the code should be using binds instead of literals for security and performance reasons, a simple way to find this is to look in v$sql for sql having the same plan_hash_value but different sql_Ids and compare the sql_fulltext of each statement.
Also a possibility is sql with many child cursors, this is trickier as the cause may vary and may not be easy to fix. check th econtents of v$sql for sql that have high values in the child_number column anmd investigate the contents of v$sql_shared_cursor for the reason there are multiple child cursors.
Chris