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<para>
Include information on buffer usage. Specifically, include the number of
shared blocks hit, read, dirtied, and written, the number of local blocks
- hit, read, dirtied, and written, and the number of temp blocks read and
- written.
+ hit, read, dirtied, and written, the number of temp blocks read and
+ written, and the time spent reading and writing data file blocks
+ (in milliseconds) if <xref linkend="guc-track-io-timing"/> is enabled.
A <emphasis>hit</emphasis> means that a read was avoided because the block was
found already in cache when needed.
Shared blocks contain data from regular tables and indexes;