V$WAITSTAT displays block contention statistics. This table is only updated when timed statistics are enabled.
Column Datatype Description
CLASS VARCHAR2(18) Class of the block
COUNT NUMBER Number of waits by this OPERATION for this CLASS of block
TIME NUMBER Sum of all wait times for all the waits by this OPERATION for this CLASS of block
[oracle@test ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.5.0 - Production on Mon Jul 10 09:17:37 2017
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Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 281018368 bytes
Fixed Size 2095672 bytes
Variable Size 150996424 bytes
Database Buffers 121634816 bytes
Redo Buffers 6291456 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> desc v$waitstat ;
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
CLASS VARCHAR2(18)
COUNT NUMBER
TIME NUMBER
SQL> set pages 300
SQL> select * from v$waitstat;
CLASS COUNT TIME
------------------ ---------- ----------
data block 12 16
sort block 0 0
save undo block 0 0
segment header 0 0
save undo header 0 0
free list 0 0
extent map 0 0
1st level bmb 0 0
2nd level bmb 0 0
3rd level bmb 0 0
bitmap block 0 0
bitmap index block 0 0
file header block 2 1
unused 0 0
system undo header 0 0
system undo block 0 0
undo header 0 0
undo block 0 0
18 rows selected.
SQL> select * from v$waitstat order by class;
CLASS COUNT TIME
------------------ ---------- ----------
1st level bmb 0 0
2nd level bmb 0 0
3rd level bmb 0 0
bitmap block 0 0
bitmap index block 0 0
data block 12 16
extent map 0 0
file header block 2 1
free list 0 0
save undo block 0 0
save undo header 0 0
segment header 0 0
sort block 0 0
system undo block 0 0
system undo header 0 0
undo block 0 0
undo header 0 0
unused 0 0
18 rows selected.
SQL>