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Oracle9i Database Reference
Release 2 (9.2)

Part Number A96536-02
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ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET

Parameter type

Integer

Default value

0 (disabled)

Parameter class

Dynamic: ALTER SYSTEM

Range of values

0 or any integer in [60, 7200]

Real Application Clusters

Multiple instances should use the same value.

ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET limits the amount of data that can be lost and effectively increases the availability of the standby database by forcing a log switch after a user-specified time period elapses.

A 0 value disables the time-based thread advance feature; otherwise, the value represents the number of seconds. Values larger than 7200 seconds are not of much use in maintaining a reasonable lag in the standby database. The typical, or recommended value is 1800 (30 minutes). Extremely low values can result in frequent log switches, which could degrade performance; such values can also make the archiver process too busy to archive the continuously generated logs.

See Also:

Oracle9i Data Guard Concepts and Administration for more information about criteria for setting this parameter