Troubleshooting ‘DFS lock handle’ waits

Waits for 'DFS lock handle' can cause massive performance issues in a busy RAC cluster. In this blog entry, we will explore the DFS lock handle wait event, and understand how to troubleshoot the root cause of these waits. I am also going to use locks and resources interchangeably in this blog, but internally, they are two different types of structures. A little background DFS (stands for Distributed File System) is an ancient name, associated ...