This sound promising. What DML could cause log switch (other than "alter system switch logfile" and "alter system archive log ...")? The issue happens during normal daily load. Regards, Yavor Ivanov ________________________________ От: Bort, Guillermo [guillermo.bort@xxxxxxx] Изпратени: 03 Октомври 2008 г. 18:45 До: Yavor Ivanov; Bobak, Mark; oracle-l Тема: RE: ОТН.: How to track logfile switch It may be silly to mention this, however log switches can be caused by valid dml processing not just alter system switch logfile. I’ve found that increasing redo log size and redo log buffer often helps lower the number of Checkpoint not Complete. Do you notice this issue during periods of high transaction load or batch load? Also, do you have fast_start_mttr_target set to a static value? HTH Guillermo Alan Bort EDS - ITO DBA Main Group From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yavor Ivanov Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 12:36 PM To: Bobak, Mark; oracle-l Subject: ОТН.: How to track logfile switch The value of ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET is 0 Unfortunately the message "Thread X cannot allocate new log, sequence XXXX" is sometimes followed by "Checkpoint not complete". So I cannot ignore it easily. Yesterday there was a short but noticeable database hang at the same time when this happened. Regards, Yavor Ivanov [SNIP]