26.4.3.15 The latest_file_io and x$latest_file_io Views

These views summarize file I/O activity, grouped by file and thread. By default, rows are sorted with most recent I/O first.

The latest_file_io and x$latest_file_io views have these columns:

• thread

  For foreground threads, the account associated with the thread (and port number for TCP/IP connections). For background threads, the thread name and thread ID

• file

  The file path name.

• latency

  The wait time of the file I/O event.

• operation

  The type of operation.

• requested

  The number of data bytes requested for the file I/O event.