Hallo Jon, I think the 11G RAC instances communicate more than under 10G. You can try to look in ASH which statements are connected with this wait. Best Regards, Petr ________________________________________ Von: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]" im Auftrag von "CRISLER, JON A [JC1706@xxxxxxx] Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Februar 2012 16:56 Bis: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: Wait Event - rdbms ipc message Oracle RAC 11g, AWR reports shoes the metric "rdbms ipc message" as the #1 in Top 5 wait events. I have to admit I don't think I have seen this before, and I am not sure where to look- 11gR2 on Red Hat Linux 5 64 bit, ASM to SAN. Any suggestions ? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l