Scientific poke method, or how to choose the configuration of a subdivision using benchmarks and an optimization algorithm

SQL> select status||' '||name from v$controlfile;
 /db/u14/oradata/XE/control01.ctl
SQL> select GROUP#||' '||MEMBER from v$logfile;
1 /db/u02/oradata/XE/redo01_01.log
2 /db/u02/oradata/XE/redo02_01.log
SQL> select FILE_ID||' '||TABLESPACE_NAME||' '||round(BYTES/1024/1024,2)||' '||FILE_NAME as col from dba_data_files;
4 UNDOTBS1 2208 /db/u14/oradata/XE/undotbs1_01.dbf
2 SLOB 128 /db/u14/oradata/XE/slob01.dbf
7 USERS 5 /db/u14/oradata/XE/users01.dbf
1 SYSTEM 860 /db/u14/oradata/XE/system01.dbf
3 SYSAUX 550 /db/u14/oradata/XE/sysaux01.dbf
5 MONITOR 128 /db/u14/oradata/XE/monitor.dbf
SQL> !cat /proc/mounts | egrep "\/db\/u[0-2]"
/dev/vda1 /db/u14 ext4 rw,noatime,nodiratime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/mapper/vgsys-ora_redo /db/u02 xfs rw,noatime,nodiratime,attr2,nobarrier,inode64,logbsize=256k,noquota 0 0

function dotx()
{
local v_period="$2"
[ -z "v_period" ] && v_period="0"
source "/home/oracle/testingredotrac/config.conf"

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -S system/${v_system_pwd} << __EOF__
whenever sqlerror exit failure
set verify off
set echo off
set feedback off

define wnum="$1"
define period="$v_period"
set appinfo worker_&&wnum

declare
 v_upto number;
 v_key  number;
 v_tots number;
 v_cts  number;
begin
 select max(col1) into v_upto from system.testtab_&&wnum;
 SELECT (( SYSDATE - DATE '1970-01-01' ) * 86400 ) into v_cts FROM DUAL;
 v_tots := &&period + v_cts;
 while v_cts <= v_tots
 loop
  v_key:=abs(mod(dbms_random.random,v_upto));
  if v_key=0 then
   v_key:=1;
  end if;
  update system.testtab_&&wnum t
  set t.object_name=translate(dbms_random.string('a', 120), 'abcXYZ', '158249')
  where t.col1=v_key
  ;
  commit;
  SELECT (( SYSDATE - DATE '1970-01-01' ) * 86400 ) into v_cts FROM DUAL;
 end loop;
end;
/

exit
__EOF__
}
export -f dotx

echo "starting test, duration: ${TEST_DURATION}" >> "$v_logfile"
for((i=1;i<="$SQLSESS_COUNT";i++))
do
 echo "sql-session: ${i}" >> "$v_logfile"
 dotx "$i" "${TEST_DURATION}" &
done
echo "waiting..." >> "$v_logfile"
wait

function createtable() {
source "/home/oracle/testingredotrac/config.conf"
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -S system/${v_system_pwd} << __EOF__
whenever sqlerror continue
set verify off
set echo off
set feedback off

define wnum="$1"
define ts_name="slob"

begin
 execute immediate 'drop table system.testtab_&&wnum';
exception when others then null;
end;
/

create table system.testtab_&&wnum tablespace &&ts_name as
select rownum as col1, t.*
from sys.dba_objects t
where rownum<1000
;
create index testtab_&&wnum._idx on system.testtab_&&wnum (col1);
--alter table system.testtab_&&wnum nologging;
--alter index system.testtab_&&wnum._idx nologging;
exit
__EOF__
}
export -f createtable

seq 1 1 "$SQLSESS_COUNT" | xargs -n 1 -P 4 -I {} -t bash -c "createtable \"{}\"" | tee -a "$v_logfile"
echo "createtable done" >> "$v_logfile"

Database    DB Id    Instance     Inst Num  Startup Time   Release     RAC
~~~~~~~~ ----------- ------------ -------- --------------- ----------- ---
          2929910313 XE                  1 07-Sep-20 23:12 18.0.0.0.0  NO

Host Name             Platform                CPUs Cores Sockets   Memory (G)
~~~~ ---------------- ---------------------- ----- ----- ------- ------------
     billing.izhevsk1 Linux x86 64-bit           2     2       1         15.6

Snapshot       Snap Id     Snap Time      Sessions Curs/Sess Comment
~~~~~~~~    ---------- ------------------ -------- --------- ------------------
Begin Snap:       1630 07-Sep-20 23:12:27       55        .7
  End Snap:       1631 07-Sep-20 23:20:29       62        .6
   Elapsed:       8.03 (mins) Av Act Sess:       8.4
   DB time:      67.31 (mins)      DB CPU:      15.01 (mins)

Cache Sizes            Begin        End
~~~~~~~~~~~       ---------- ----------
    Buffer Cache:     1,392M              Std Block Size:         8K
     Shared Pool:       288M                  Log Buffer:   103,424K

Load Profile              Per Second    Per Transaction    Per Exec    Per Call
~~~~~~~~~~~~      ------------------  ----------------- ----------- -----------
      DB time(s):                8.4                0.0        0.00        0.20
       DB CPU(s):                1.9                0.0        0.00        0.04
       Redo size:        7,685,765.6              978.4
   Logical reads:           60,447.0                7.7
   Block changes:           47,167.3                6.0
  Physical reads:                8.3                0.0
 Physical writes:              253.4                0.0
      User calls:               42.6                0.0
          Parses:               23.2                0.0
     Hard parses:                1.2                0.0
W/A MB processed:                1.0                0.0
          Logons:                0.5                0.0
        Executes:           15,756.5                2.0
       Rollbacks:                0.0                0.0
    Transactions:            7,855.1

cat( "", file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=F)

pSize = 10
elitism_value=1
pmutation_coef=0.8
pcrossover_coef=0.1
iterations=50

gam=GA::ga(type="real-valued", fitness=evaluate,
lower=c(32,2, 1,1,1,2,60,1,30,1,0,0, 0,0), upper=c(1024,32, 8,10,10,128,800,4,300,8,10,40, 40,30),
popSize=pSize,
pcrossover = pcrossover_coef,
pmutation = pmutation_coef,
maxiter=iterations,
run=4,
keepBest=T)
cat( "GA-session is done" , file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=T)
gam@solution

evaluate=function(p_par) {
v_module="evaluate"
v_metric=0
opn=NULL
opn$rg_size=round(p_par[1],digit=0)
opn$rg_count=round(p_par[2],digit=0)
opn$log_archive_max_processes=round(p_par[3],digit=0)
opn$commit_logging="BATCH"
if ( round(p_par[4],digit=0) > 5 ) {
 opn$commit_logging="IMMEDIATE"
}
opn$commit_logging=paste("'", opn$commit_logging, "'",sep="")

opn$commit_wait="WAIT"
if ( round(p_par[5],digit=0) > 5 ) {
 opn$commit_wait="NOWAIT"
}
opn$commit_wait=paste("'", opn$commit_wait, "'",sep="")

opn$log_buffer=paste(round(p_par[6],digit=0),"m",sep="")
opn$log_checkpoint_timeout=round(p_par[7],digit=0)
opn$db_writer_processes=round(p_par[8],digit=0)
opn$undo_retention=round(p_par[9],digit=0)
opn$transactions_per_rollback_segment=round(p_par[10],digit=0)
opn$disk_asynch_io="true"
if ( round(p_par[11],digit=0) > 5 ) {
 opn$disk_asynch_io="false"
} 

opn$filesystemio_options="none"
if ( round(p_par[12],digit=0) > 10 && round(p_par[12],digit=0) <= 20 ) {
 opn$filesystemio_options="setall"
}
if ( round(p_par[12],digit=0) > 20 && round(p_par[12],digit=0) <= 30 ) {
 opn$filesystemio_options="directIO"
}
if ( round(p_par[12],digit=0) > 30 ) {
 opn$filesystemio_options="asynch"
}

opn$db_block_checking="OFF"
if ( round(p_par[13],digit=0) > 10 && round(p_par[13],digit=0) <= 20 ) {
 opn$db_block_checking="LOW"
}
if ( round(p_par[13],digit=0) > 20 && round(p_par[13],digit=0) <= 30 ) {
 opn$db_block_checking="MEDIUM"
}
if ( round(p_par[13],digit=0) > 30 ) {
 opn$db_block_checking="FULL"
}

opn$db_block_checksum="OFF"
if ( round(p_par[14],digit=0) > 10 && round(p_par[14],digit=0) <= 20 ) {
 opn$db_block_checksum="TYPICAL"
}
if ( round(p_par[14],digit=0) > 20 ) {
 opn$db_block_checksum="FULL"
}

v_vector=paste(round(p_par[1],digit=0),round(p_par[2],digit=0),round(p_par[3],digit=0),round(p_par[4],digit=0),round(p_par[5],digit=0),round(p_par[6],digit=0),round(p_par[7],digit=0),round(p_par[8],digit=0),round(p_par[9],digit=0),round(p_par[10],digit=0),round(p_par[11],digit=0),round(p_par[12],digit=0),round(p_par[13],digit=0),round(p_par[14],digit=0),sep=";")
cat( paste(v_module," try to evaluate vector: ", v_vector,sep="") , file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=T)

rc=make_additional_rgroups(opn)
if ( rc!=0 ) {
 cat( paste(v_module,"make_additional_rgroups failed",sep="") , file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=T)
 return (0)
}

v_rc=0
rc=set_db_parameter("log_archive_max_processes", opn$log_archive_max_processes)
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("commit_logging", opn$commit_logging )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("commit_wait", opn$commit_wait )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("log_buffer", opn$log_buffer )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("log_checkpoint_timeout", opn$log_checkpoint_timeout )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("db_writer_processes", opn$db_writer_processes )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("undo_retention", opn$undo_retention )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("transactions_per_rollback_segment", opn$transactions_per_rollback_segment )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("disk_asynch_io", opn$disk_asynch_io )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("filesystemio_options", opn$filesystemio_options )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("db_block_checking", opn$db_block_checking )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }
rc=set_db_parameter("db_block_checksum", opn$db_block_checksum )
if ( rc != 0 ) {  v_rc=1 }

if ( rc!=0 ) {
 cat( paste(v_module," can not startup db with that vector of settings",sep="") , file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=T)
 rc=stop_db("immediate")
 rc=create_spfile()
 rc=start_db("")
 rc=remove_additional_rgroups(opn)
 return (0)
}

rc=stop_db("immediate")
rc=start_db("")
if ( rc!=0 ) {
 cat( paste(v_module," can not startup db with that vector of settings",sep="") , file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=T)
 rc=stop_db("abort")
 rc=create_spfile()
 rc=start_db("")
 rc=remove_additional_rgroups(opn)
 return (0)
}

rc=run_test()
v_metric=getmetric()

rc=stop_db("immediate")
rc=create_spfile()
rc=start_db("")
rc=remove_additional_rgroups(opn)

cat( paste("result: ",v_metric," ",v_vector,sep="") , file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=T)
return (v_metric)
}

set_db_parameter=function(p1, p2) {
v_module="set_db_parameter"
v_cmd="/home/oracle/testingredotrac/set_db_parameter.sh"
v_args=paste(p1," ",p2,sep="")

x=system2(v_cmd, args=v_args, stdout=T, stderr=T, wait=T)
if ( length(attributes(x)) > 0 ) {
 cat(paste(v_module," failed with: ",attributes(x)$status," ",v_cmd," ",v_args,sep=""), file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=T)
 return (attributes(x)$status)
}
else {
 cat(paste(v_module," ok: ",v_cmd," ",v_args,sep=""), file=v_logfile, sep="\n", append=T)
 return (0)
}
}