Oracle Index Clustering Factor(集群因子)

一、本文说明：

今天在做测试的时候发现字段上有索引，但是执行计划就是不走索引，经过在网上查找才发现原来是索引的集群因子过高导致的。本文属于转载

二、官网说明

The index clustering factor measures row order in relation to an indexed value suches employee last name.The more order that exists in rowstorage for this value,the lower the clustering factor.

----row存储的越有序，clustering factor的值越低。

The clustering factor is useful as a rough measure of the number of I/Os required to read an entire table by means of an index:

(1)、If the clustering factor is high,then Oracle Database performs a relatively high number of I/Os during a large index range scan.The index entriespoint to random table blocks,so the database may have to read and reread the same blocks over and over again to retrieve the data pointed to by the index.

----当clustering factor很高时，说明index entry (rowid) 是随机指向一些block的，在一个大的index range scan时，这样为了读取这些rowid指向的block，就需要一次又一次重复的去读这些block。

(2)、If the clustering factor is low,then Oracle Database performs a relatively low number of I/Os during a large index range scan.The index keys in arange tend to point to the same data blcok,so the database does not have to read and reread the same blocks over and over.

----当clustering factor值低时，说明index keys (rowid) 是指向的记录是存储在相同的block里，这样去读row时，只需要在同一个block里读取就可以了，这样减少重复读取blocks的次数。

The clustering factor is relevant for index scans because it can show:

(1)、Whether the database will use an index for large range scans;

(2)、The degree of table organization in relation to the index key;

(3)、Whether you should consider using an index-organized table,partitioning,or table cluster if rows must be ordered by the index key.

三、Index Clustering Factor说明

简单的说，Index Clustering Factor是通过一个索引扫描一张表，需要访问的表的数据块的数量，即对I/O的影响，也代表索引键存储位置是否有序。

(1)、如果越有序，即相邻的键值存储在相同的block，那么这时候Clustering Factor的值就越低；

(2)、如果不是很有序，即键值是随机的存储在block上，这样在读取键值时，可能就需要一次又一次的去访问相同的block，从而增加了I/O。

Clustering Factor的计算方式如下：

(1)、扫描一个索引(large index range scan)；

(2)、比较某行的rowid和前一行的rowid，如果这两个rowid不属于同一个数据块，那么cluster factor增加1；

(3)、整个索引扫描完毕后，就得到了该索引的clustering factor。

如果clustering factor接近于表存储的块数，说明这张表是按照索引字段的顺序存储的。

如果clustering factor接近于行的数量，那说明这张表不是按索引字段顺序存储的。

在计算索引访问成本的时候，这个值十分有用。Clustering Factor乘以选择性参数(selectivity)就是访问索引的开销。

如果这个统计数据不能真实反映出索引的真实情况，那么可能会造成优化器错误的选择执行计划。另外如果某张表上的大多数访问是按照某个索引做索引扫描，那么将该表的数据按照索引字段的顺序重新组织，可以提高该表的访问性能。

四、测试

  4.1、产生问题：

  ----查看一下数据库的版本----
  1 SQL> select * from v$version where rownum=1;
  2
  3 BANNER
  4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  5 Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
  6
   ----创建一张测试表jack----
  7 SQL> create table jack as select * from dba_objects where 1=2;
  8
  9 Table created.
 10
  ----将数据无序的插入jack表中----
 11 SQL> begin
 12   2      for i in 1..10 loop
 13   3        insert /*+ append */ into jack select * from dba_objects order by i;
 14   4      commit;
 15   5    end loop;
 16   6  end;
 17   7  /
 18
 19 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 20
 21 SQL> select count(*) from jack;
 22
 23   COUNT(*)
 24 ----------
 25     725460
 26
  ----查看一下表的大小-----
 27 SQL> set wrap off
 28 SQL> col owner for a10;
 29 SQL> col segment_name for a15;
 30 SQL> select segment_name,blocks,extents,bytes/1024/1024||'M' "size" from user_segments where segment_name='JACK';
 31
 32 SEGMENT_NAME     BLOCKS    EXTENTS   size
 33 ------------- ---------- ---------- --------
 34 JACK             11264       82      88M
 35
  ----在object_id上创建索引----
 36 SQL> create index jack_ind on jack(object_id);
 37
 38 Index created.
 39
  ----查看一下索引的大小----
 40 SQL> select segment_name,segment_type,blocks,extents,bytes/1024/1024||'M' "size" from user_segments where segment_name='JACK_IND';
 41
 42 SEGMENT_NAME    SEGMENT_TYPE      BLOCKS     EXTENTS     size
 43 ------------ ------------------ ---------- ---------- ---------
 44 JACK_IND           INDEX           1664         28        13M
  ----在没有收集相关的统计信息之前，查看一下index clustering factor----
 45 SQL> select index_name,clustering_factor,num_rows from user_indexes where index_name='JACK_IND';
 46
 47 INDEX_NAME      CLUSTERING_FACTOR   NUM_ROWS
 48 --------------- ----------------- ----------
 49 JACK_IND              725460         725460
 50
  ----简单的收集一下统计信息----
 51 SQL> exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,'jack',cascade=>true);
 52
 53 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 54
  ----再次查看index clustering factor----
 55 SQL> select index_name,clustering_factor,num_rows from user_indexes where index_name='JACK_IND';
 56
 57 INDEX_NAME     CLUSTERING_FACTOR   NUM_ROWS
 58 -------------- ----------------- ----------
 59 JACK_IND              725460       725460       ----显然统计信息收集前和后，clustering factor值不变，说在创建索引的时候，会收集表中的数据真正的行数。并且这里的clustering factor等num_rows，也说明表的clustering factor是无序的。
 60
  ----查看一个确定值，然后查看执行计划----
 61 SQL> explain plan for select * from jack where object_id=1501;
 62
 63 Explained.
 64
 65 SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
 66
 67 PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
 68 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 69 Plan hash value: 2860868395
 70
 71 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 72 | Id  | Operation            | Name     | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Ti
 73 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 74 |   0 | SELECT STATEMENT        |           |    10 |   970 |    13     (0)| 00
 75 |   1 |  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| JACK     |    10 |   970 |    13     (0)| 00
 76 |*  2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN        | JACK_IND |    10 |       |     3     (0)| 00
 77 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 78
 79 Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
 80
 81 PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
 82 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 83 
 84
 85    2 - access("OBJECT_ID"=1501)
 86
 87 14 rows selected.                 ----在这里走了索引，cost为13.
 88 
 89 SQL> alter system flush buffer_cache;
 90
 91 System altered.
 92
 93 SQL> set autotrace traceonly;
  ----查询一个范围的执行计划----
 94 SQL> select * from jack where object_id>1000 and object_id<2000;
 95
 96 9880 rows selected.
 97
 98
 99 Execution Plan
100 ----------------------------------------------------------
101 Plan hash value: 949574992
102
103 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
104 | Id  | Operation      | Name | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
105 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
106 |   0 | SELECT STATEMENT  |     |  9657 |   914K|  1824   (1)| 00:00:22 |
107 |*  1 |  TABLE ACCESS FULL| JACK |  9657 |   914K|  1824   (1)| 00:00:22 |
108 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
109
110 Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
111 ---------------------------------------------------
112
113    1 - filter("OBJECT_ID"<2000 AND "OBJECT_ID">1000)
114
115
116 Statistics
117 ----------------------------------------------------------
118       0   recursive calls
119       0   db block gets
120     10993 consistent gets
121     10340 physical reads
122       0   redo size
123    471945 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
124     7657  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
125     660   SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
126       0   sorts (memory)
127       0   sorts (disk)
128     9880  rows processed       ----注意，object_id上是有索引的，但是这里并没有使用索引，而是使用了全表扫描。
129
130 SQL> alter system flush buffer_cache;
131
132 System altered.
133
 ----强制走索引，查看执行计划----
134 SQL> select /*+ index(jack jack_ind) */ * from jack where object_id>1000 and object_id<2000;
135
136 9880 rows selected.
137
138
139 Execution Plan
140 ----------------------------------------------------------
141 Plan hash value: 2860868395
142
143 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
144 | Id  | Operation            | Name     | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
145 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
146 |   0 | SELECT STATEMENT        |           |  9657 |   914K|  9683     (1)| 00:01:57 |
147 |   1 |  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| JACK     |  9657 |   914K|  9683     (1)| 00:01:57 |
148 |*  2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN        | JACK_IND |  9657 |       |    24     (0)| 00:00:01 |
149 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
150
151 Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
152 ---------------------------------------------------
153
154    2 - access("OBJECT_ID">1000 AND "OBJECT_ID"<2000)
155
156
157 Statistics
158 ----------------------------------------------------------
159       0    recursive calls
160       0    db block gets
161     10561  consistent gets
162     164    physical reads
163       0    redo size
164    988947  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
165     7657   bytes received via SQL*Net from client
166     660    SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
167       0    sorts (memory)
168       0    sorts (disk)
169     9880   rows processed    
----强制走索引之后，使用了index range scan,但是cost变成了9683，而全表扫描时是1824.
----还有比较一下两次查询中物理读的情况：全表扫描的物理读明显比索引的要高很多，但是Oracle却没有使用索引。
----因此Oracle认为走索引的Cost比走全表扫描大，而是大N倍，CBO是基于Cost来决定执行计划的。
----由此得出，对于索引的Cost，Oracle是根据clustering factor参数来计算的，而该实验中的clustering factor参数是很高的，数据存储无序。这就造成了Oracle认为走索引的cost比全表扫描的大。

   4.2、解决问题：

  ----通过上面的分析，可以看出，要降低clustering factor才能解决问题，而要解决clustering factor，就需要重新对表的存储位置进行排序。----
  ----重建jakc表----
  1 SQL> create table echo as select * from jack where 1=0;
  2
  3 Table created.
  4
  5 SQL> insert /*+ append */ into echo select * from jack order by object_id;
  6
  7 725460 rows created.
  8
  9 SQL> commit;
 10
 11 Commit complete.
 12
 13 SQL> truncate table jack;
 14
 15 Table truncated.
 16
 17 SQL> insert /*+ append */ into jack select * from echo;
 18
 19 725460 rows created.
 20
 21 SQL> commit;
 22
 23 Commit complete.
 24
  ----查看表和索引的信息----
 25 SQL> select segment_name,blocks,extents,bytes/1024/1024||'M' "size" from user_segments where segment_name='JACK';
 26
 27 SEGMENT_NAME    BLOCKS    EXTENTS     size
 28 ------------- ---------- ---------- -----------
 29 JACK             11264       82        88M
 30
 31 SQL> select segment_name,segment_type,blocks,extents,bytes/1024/1024||'M' "size" from user_segments where segment_name='JACK_IND';
 32
 33 SEGMENT_NAME    SEGMENT_TYPE      BLOCKS     EXTENTS    size
 34 ------------ ------------------ ---------- ---------- -------------
 35 JACK_IND            INDEX          1536          27     12M
 36
 37 SQL> select index_name,clustering_factor,num_rows from user_indexes where index_name='JACK_IND';
 38
 39 INDEX_NAME     CLUSTERING_FACTOR NUM_ROWS
 40 ------------- ----------------- ----------
 41 JACK_IND             725460      725460
 42
  ----对索引进行rebuild----
 43 SQL> alter index jack_ind rebuild;
 44
 45 Index altered.
 46
  ----查看cluster factor----
 47 SQL> select index_name,clustering_factor,num_rows from user_indexes where index_name='JACK_IND';
 48
 49 INDEX_NAME      CLUSTERING_FACTOR  NUM_ROWS
 50 --------------- ----------------- ----------
 51 JACK_IND               10327       725460    ------注意这里的Factor，已经变成10327，我们收集一下表的统计信息，然后与表的block进行一次比较。
 52
 53 SQL> exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,'jack',cascade=>true);
 54
 55 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 56
 57 SQL> select blocks from dba_tables where table_name='JACK';
 58
 59     BLOCKS
 60 ----------
 61      10474   ----表jack实际使用的block是10474，clustering factor是10327基本还是比较接近了，这也说明相邻的row是存储在相同的block里。
 62
 63 SQL> select index_name,clustering_factor,num_rows from user_indexes where index_name='JACK_IND';
 64
 65 INDEX_NAME               CLUSTERING_FACTOR   NUM_ROWS
 66 ------------------------------ ----------------- ----------
 67 JACK_IND                   10327     725460
 68
 69 SQL> alter system flush buffer_cache;
 70
 71 System altered.
 72
 73 SQL> set autotrace traceonly;
  ----再次查看之前sql的执行计划----
 74 SQL> select * from jack where object_id>1000 and object_id<2000;
 75
 76 9880 rows selected.
 77
 78
 79 Execution Plan
 80 ----------------------------------------------------------
 81 Plan hash value: 2860868395
 82
 83 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 84 | Id  | Operation            | Name     | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
 85 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 86 |   0 | SELECT STATEMENT        |           |  9657 |   914K|   162     (0)| 00:00:02 |
 87 |   1 |  TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| JACK     |  9657 |   914K|   162     (0)| 00:00:02 |
 88 |*  2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN        | JACK_IND |  9657 |       |    24     (0)| 00:00:01 |
 89 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 90
 91 Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
 92 ---------------------------------------------------
 93
 94    2 - access("OBJECT_ID">1000 AND "OBJECT_ID"<2000)
 95
 96
 97 Statistics
 98 ----------------------------------------------------------
 99       1   recursive calls
100       0   db block gets
101     1457  consistent gets
102     151   physical reads
103       0   redo size
104   988947  bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
105     7657  bytes received via SQL*Net from client
106     660   SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
107       0   sorts (memory)
108       0   sorts (disk)
109     9880  rows processed

----注意这里的cost已经降到了162，性能提升还是非常明显。

 五、小结

通过以上说明和测试，可以看到clustering factor也是索引健康的一个重要判断的标准。其值越低越好。它会影响CBO选择正确的执行计划。但是注意一点，clustering factor总是趋势与不断恶化的。