Syntax options: GLOBAL BUFFERS ARE ENABLED | GLOBAL BUFFERS ARE DISABLED Specifies whether or not Oracle Rdb maintains one global buffer pool per VMScluster node for each database. By default, Oracle Rdb maintains a local buffer pool for each attach (GLOBAL BUFFERS ARE DISABLED). For more than one attach to use the same page, each must read it from the disk into their local buffer pool. A page in the global buffer pool can be read by more than one attach at the same time, although only one attach reads the page from the disk into the global buffer pool. Global buffers improve performance because the I/O is reduced, and memory is better utilized. NOTE If GALAXY SUPPORT is enabled, then a single global buffer pool is shared by all Galaxy nodes.