select c.owner, c.object_name, c.object_type,b.sid, b.serial#, b.status, b.

osuse
r, b.machine
from v$locked_object a , v$session b, dba_objects c
where b.sid = a.session_id
and a.object_id = c.object_id;

ACTIVE means the session is currently executing some SQL operations whereas INAC
TIVE means the opposite. Check out the ORACLE v$session documentation
By nature, a high number of ACTIVE sessions will slow down the whole DBMS includ
ing your application. To what extent is hard to say - here you have to look at I
O, CPU, etc. loads.
Inactive sessions will have a low impact unless you exceed the maximum session n
umber.
sql> select status, count(*) from v$session group by status;