Oracle latch: cache buffers chains

Oracle latch: cache buffers chains Oracle Consulting Tips by Burleson The latch: cache buffers chains Oracle metric are used to protect a buffer list in the buffer cache. These latches are used when searching for, adding, or removing a buffer from the buffer cache. Contention on this latch usually means that there is a block that is greatly contended for (known as a hot block). For more details on