Shared Server (MTS) Diagnostics
Architecture, of the Shared Server Database Configuration The best position to be in will always be based on understanding. The components of the Shared Server database configuration consist of the Dispatchers and the Shared Servers. These components run as separate processes in the operating system (or threads in some operating systems). They interact with each other through the use of a Common Queue (CQ - also known as the Virtual Queue) and individual Dispatcher Queues. Both queues reside in the Shared Global Area (SGA) and are sized automatically by the database itself. Another component of Shared Server is not a process but an abstraction of the user session(more of an owned pointer), called a Virtual Circuit (VC). The communication between the Dispatchers and Shared Servers is primarily done by passing ownership of a Virtual Circuit from one to another.