That's a pretty sad state then. Even my old 7200RPM 4.3GB FW SCSIs that = work threw out are 8.5ms. 15K spin SCSI Ultra320s should have an = average seek of about 3.5-4.0 ms Seagate Cheetahs are 3.6, for example. Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, WI USA -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 8:30 AM Subject: RE: BINARIES - San or Local Storage Actually, that is not true. Average seek time for modern drives=20 is still around 10 miliseconds. That is the state of technology. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------