Controls when commits are written to disk.
Option can be set at the database (PUBLIC) or user level. When set at the database level, the value becomes the default for any new user, but has no impact on existing users. When set at the user level, overrides the PUBLIC value for that user only. No system privilege is required to set option for self. System privilege is required to set at database level or at user level for any user other than self.
Requires the SET ANY PUBLIC OPTION system privilege to set this option. Can be set temporary for an individual connection or for the PUBLIC role. Takes effect immediately.
If COOPERATIVE_COMMITS is set to OFF, a COMMIT is written to disk as soon as the database server receives it, and the application is then allowed to continue.
If COOPERATIVE_COMMITS is set to ON, the default, the database server does not immediately write the COMMIT to the disk. Instead, it requires the application to wait for a maximum length set by the COOPERATIVE_COMMIT_TIMEOUT option for something else to put on the pages before the commit is written to disk.
Setting COOPERATIVE_COMMITS to ON, and increasing the COOPERATIVE_COMMIT_TIMEOUT setting increases overall database server throughput by cutting down the number of disk I/Os, but at the expense of a longer turnaround time for each individual connection.