On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Mezei Zoltan <mezei.zoltan@...> wrote:

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> Rejects = Lock requests that cannot be satisfied.... no big deal
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Slightly more specifically, (IIRC) they're requests to convert a lock from

read to write without releasing the read lock.  That happens to prevent

deadlocks.  A high reject rate is consistent with high contention for pages.

Cheers,

Ann