Alex, you could strace the arch process to get detailed numbers. The read = size is dependent on the underlying file system setup (i.e. raw devices, = veritas file system or unix/windows file system). There is not direct = relationship to the buffer_size for read (or write). check out steve = adams site for some detailed info on redo i/o = http://www.ixora.com.au/notes/ just curious, why do you care about the *read* size? the average = *write* size can be calculated from : select value from v$sysstat where name=3D'redo blocks written'; / select value from v$sysstat where name=3D'redo writes'; a log block size is os dependent as shown in = http://www.ixora.com.au/notes/log_block_size.htm -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alexandre Gorbatchev Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:12 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Average size of reads from online redo logs by ARCH process Hi all, How do I figure out what is the average (or constant?) size of disk = reads=20 from online logs by ARCH process? Is there any relation to _log_archive_buffer_size? It is 2048 log blocks = by default, as far as I know, so on my platform it's 2Mb. Thanks in advance, Alex -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l