Database large Number of archive log

Question

Oracle 11g
window server 2008 R2
My database working fine, from last week i have noticed that database generating large no of archive log.
Database size is 30GB
Only one table space is 16GB , other tablespaces not more 2 GB.
I can not figured out why it  generating large no. of archive log. can any one help me to figure out.
previous week i have only did these changes
Drop index
create index
create new table from existing table.
nothing else i  did.

Answer 1

Hi
As you say workload increases. See when the number of log switches goes high and take an AWR report or statspack report. Check the DML operations. Use below query to chk the log switches
spool c:\log_hist.txt
SET PAGESIZE 90
SET LINESIZE 150
set heading on
column "00:00" format 9999
column "01:00" format 9999
column "02:00" format 9999
column "03:00" format 9999
column "04:00" format 9999
column "05:00" format 9999
column "06:00" format 9999
column "07:00" format 9999
column "08:00" format 9999
column "09:00" format 9999
column "10:00" format 9999
column "11:00" format 9999
column "12:00" format 9999
column "13:00" format 9999
column "14:00" format 9999
column "15:00" format 9999
column "16:00" format 9999
column "17:00" format 9999
column "18:00" format 9999
column "19:00" format 9999
column "20:00" format 9999
column "21:00" format 9999
column "22:00" format 9999
column "23:00" format 9999
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'DD/MM') AS "DAY"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '00', 1, 0), '99')) "00:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '01', 1, 0), '99')) "01:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '02', 1, 0), '99')) "02:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '03', 1, 0), '99')) "03:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '04', 1, 0), '99')) "04:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '05', 1, 0), '99')) "05:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '06', 1, 0), '99')) "06:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '07', 1, 0), '99')) "07:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '08', 1, 0), '99')) "08:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '09', 1, 0), '99')) "09:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '10', 1, 0), '99')) "10:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '11', 1, 0), '99')) "11:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '12', 1, 0), '99')) "12:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '13', 1, 0), '99')) "13:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '14', 1, 0), '99')) "14:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '15', 1, 0), '99')) "15:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '16', 1, 0), '99')) "16:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '17', 1, 0), '99')) "17:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '18', 1, 0), '99')) "18:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '19', 1, 0), '99')) "19:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '20', 1, 0), '99')) "20:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '21', 1, 0), '99')) "21:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '22', 1, 0), '99')) "22:00"
, SUM(TO_NUMBER(DECODE(TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'HH24'), '23', 1, 0), '99')) "23:00"
  FROM V$LOG_HISTORY
  WHERE extract(year FROM FIRST_TIME) = extract(year FROM sysdate)
  GROUP BY TO_CHAR(FIRST_TIME, 'DD/MM')
  ) ORDER BY TO_DATE(extract(year FROM sysdate) || DAY, 'YYYY DD/MM') DESC
  ) WHERE ROWNUM <8;
spool off
One common mistake is enabling debugging. You can  check in application code if any debugging is enabled. (insert every records for logging or support purpose)
Regards
Anand.