Option=Statistics Option=Nostatistics The Option=Statistics qualifier specifies that you want Oracle RMU to include statistics on how frequently database pages are referenced by the data records in the .aij file. In addition, if the database root file is available, the output created by the Options=Statistics qualifier includes the value to specify for the Aij_Buffers qualifier of the RMU Recover command. If several .aij files will be used in your recovery operation, perform an RMU Dump After_Journal on each .aij file and add the recommended Aij_Buffer values. Use the total as the value you specify with the Aij_Buffers qualifier. See Example 2 in the Examples help entry under this command for an example using this qualifier. Note that the value recommended for the RMU Recover command's Aij_Buffers qualifier is the exact number of buffers required by the data records in the specified .aij file. If you specify fewer buffers, you may see more I/O, but you will not necessarily see performance degrade. (Performance also depends on whether asynchronous batch-writes are enabled.) Using more buffers than are recommended may result in your process doing more paging than required, and if so, performance degrades. If you specify the recommended value, note that this does not mean that no buffers are replaced during the recovery operation. The Oracle RMU buffer replacement strategy is affected by whether asynchronous prefetches and asynchronous batch-writes are enabled, and on the contents of the buffers before the recovery operation begins. If the database root file is not available, the Option=Statistics qualifier does not provide a value for the RMU Recover command's Aij_Buffers qualifier. However, it does provide the statistics on the frequency with which each page is accessed. Specify the Option=Nostatistics qualifier to suppress .aij statistics generation. The default for the RMU Dump After_Journal command is Option=Statistics.