hmmm... don't they still have that stupid write throttle stuff too? ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nilesh Shah Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:28 AM To: John.Hallas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; rshamsud@xxxxxxxxxxxx; ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: 10G and UFS - long write times One more option worth trying with ufs is using -r option (setting the rpm speed of the disk). By default solaris sets the disk rpm speed to 3200, so if you have a 10000 rpm drive it will still rotate at 3600 rpm. On the downside you need to recreate the filesystem to add this option