Buffer Pool Management Workspace

Buffer pools, also called virtual buffer pools, are areas of virtual storage where Db2 temporarily stores pages of table spaces or indexes.

The Buffer Pool Management workspace provides an overview of buffer pools, group buffer pools, and global buffer pools activities. This workspace is comprised of the following views:

Buffer Pools (table view)

Shows activity details for buffer pools.

Buffer Pool Rates (bar chart)

Shows the rate of get page operations, read I/O operations, prefetch requests, and write I/Os performed.

Group Buffer Pools (table view)

Shows activity details for group buffer pools.

Global Buffer Pools (table view)

Shows activity details for global buffer pools.

You can use the HTML navigation feature to navigate from one workspace to another, while passing context information to the next workspace. The workspaces that belong to the same functional unit are linked using HTML navigation. Tivoli® Enterprise Portal workspaces are grouped into the following units: Thread Summary workspaces, Thread Detail workspaces, and Statistics workspaces.

Based on the information that this workspace provides, you can recommend changes, set up situations, and verify that your recommended changes improve system performance.