>
> thx...for me, I would tying the IBM
> SAs up and asking about everything they
> see or touch. I'm like that.
Ross,
I agree. Alas, I jumped into this issue a little late
and everything has already been decided. So all I
can do is react.
>
> You got me confused....they are *raising*
> BUFPCT b/c your *oracle* hit ratio is high
> enough? if so, that's reasonable, but I still
> would want to know about how SAS is acting,
> rather than "backing into" tuning it by
> saying oracle is doing ok.
Sorry, that was not "oracle" hit ratio but the
filesystem cache ratio. Should have been more
specific.
>
> the sar flags are fine. you might find some
> value in Sequent's version of top. it might
> even be loaded by default in your version.
>
> Also, try swap -[l|..] to look at swap....
>
> lastly, there is ALOT more to paging, etc
> than BUFPCT, but.....i am too freaking lazy
> to write about it now...nuff said to say
> worry alot more about the page OUTs than
> the page INs....nuff said....
Thanks again for your help
Gene
=====
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
--
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
--
Author: Gene Gurevich
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).
