Thanks Dave, Don, and Patrice. It's hardware RAID, a Compaq GS140 machine, and Oracle on VMS [not my choice of OS/hardware]. Limited to one large RAID5 volume. I'd like to make the most of what's there, because for political reasons nothing else will change. Does it make any sense to increase the number of database writer processes on a system with nothing but RAID5 space? Looks like there's a bit of slowdown on checkpoints. Thanks. - Dana __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: dana mn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
