Does anyone actually have ASM "put to the test" as they say? Anyone have huge ASM extent pointer array areas within their shared pool? Anyone have "ORA-4031-creeping syndrome" ? For instance: select * from v$sgastat; POOL NAME BYTES ------------ -------------------------- ---------- shared pool ASM extent pointer array 287097144 Anyone see 1GB or more? Kevin Closson Chief Architect, Oracle Database Solutions PolyServe, Inc kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.polyserve.com/oracle_consolidation.php http://www.polyserve.com/oracle_rac_clusters.php