2.  Independent consultant  Performance Troubleshooting  In-house workshops  Cost-Based Optimizer  Performance By Design  Oracle ACE Director  Member of OakTable Network

3. This session explains the new PX operators introduced with Oracle 12c so that you know them next time you look at a 12c Parallel Execution plan More info / details? On my blog (tag 12cR1, New Features, Parallel Execution) You want more? Ask for my Parallel Execution Masterclass seminar

4.  Three important aspects of Parallel Execution  Major 12c Parallel Execution new features  Some more new 12c Parallel Execution features  Conclusion / Q & A

5.  Oracle Parallel Execution employs Producer Consumer Model  Parallel Execution plan organised in so called Data Flow Operations (DFOs) and DFO Trees  DFOs are organised in Parent child relations, the child produces / sends data, the parent consumes / receives data  Requires two sets of Parallel Execution Server

10.  Producer Consumer model limitation: Only one active pair of DFOs per DFO tree allowed  Depending on plan shape and operations multiple DFO pairs could be active  To prevent this Oracle adds artificial blocking operations that buffer data => Increased PGA / TEMP requirements

12.  Producer consumer model means redistribution of data  Depending on distribution methods used and actual data pattern the data might not be distributed evenly  Data distribution skew means that some Parallel Execution Servers need to process more data than others => Not all PX Servers busy all the time

15.  Three important aspects of Parallel Execution  Major 12c Parallel Execution new features  Some more new 12c Parallel Execution features  Conclusion / Q & A

16.  New distribution method HYBRID HASH  Dynamic switch between BROADCAST and HASH at execution time  Can detect and address data distribution skew (current implementation only limited scope)  Only partially useful at present but is supposed to be improved in upcoming releases

21.  New feature CONCURRENT UNION ALL – executes multiple branches of a UNION ALL concurrently  Usually only relevant in case of serial branches (or mixture of parallel and serial branches)  New operator PX SELECTOR selects one of the available slaves to execute serial branch

24.  New distribution method 1 SLAVE  Supports new plan shapes potentially collapsing multiple DFO trees into a single one  Simplifies PX plan generation and avoids odd side effects of having multiple DFO trees  But can lead to more BUFFERED operations

27.  New feature parallel FILTER subquery evaluation  Again simplifies PX plan shape and allows filter subquery evaluation in the Parallel Execution Servers => can reduce runtime  Prevents certain pre-12c plan shapes leading to multiple DFO trees  Not always used, 12c can fall back to old shape

30.  Three important aspects of Parallel Execution  Major 12c Parallel Execution new features  Some more new 12c Parallel Execution features  Conclusion / Q & A

31.  New feature replicated parallel full table scan – instead of BROADCAST distribution  Only applicable to parallel full table scans eligible for BROADCAST distribution  Instead of chunked parallel full table scan with distribution afterwards each slave performs the complete full scan directly

34.  New feature EXPRESSION EVALUATION operator  Can be used for scalar subqueries in the projection of parallel plans (but also old shape possible depending on SQL features used and combined)  Good: Plan shape corresponds now to the “rules” how to read with scalar subqueries  Bad: Some odd behaviour at runtime spotted

37.  Many new PX operators and plan shapes introduced with 12c  Biggest change in this area since explicit introduction of PX operators in Oracle 10g  Not as revolutionary as other new features but a good sign that Oracle continues innovation in this area, too