How about Sort_area_size? This will matter - check for 'sorts to disk' and 'sort rows' from that session's v$sesstat (joined to v$statname).
John Kanagaraj Oracle Applications DBA DBSoft Inc (W): 408-970-7002 Grace - Getting something we don't deserve; Mercy - NOT getting something we deserve Click on 'http://www.needhim.org' for Grace and Mercy that is freely available! ** The opinions and statements above are entirely my own and not those of my employer or clients ** > -----Original Message----- > From: Gurelei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:30 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: tunning an index built > > > Hi. > > I'm trying to tune an index build. The table currently > has about 65mil rows and I'm building a unique index, > which takes about 55min to finish. The table size is > about 3.4G, index is about the same size. I have tried > different degrees of parallelism (up to 32), nologging > is set in the create index script as well as on the > tablespace. I noticed a lot of i/o waits during the > buid and a lot of paging to and from filesystem, the > paging area however appears to be unused. when I do > lsps -a, it only shows 1% usage. What should be my > next move? What should I look at? i have increased > db_cache to 800M, sort area to 50M > > thanks > > Gene > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Gurelei > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
