I predict that statspackanalyzer.com will tell you that your database will benefit from solid state disks. (Can anyone come up with a genuine (not faked) StatsPack report that DOESN'T recommend the purchase of SSDs?) -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies ProQuest 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> www.proquest.com<http://www.proquest.com> www.csa.com<http://www.csa.com> ProQuest...Start here. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Kerber Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:14 PM To: Jared Still Cc: anelson77388@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L Freelists Subject: Re: Data Dictionary Hit Ratio - myth or fact? You are assuming that Lewis is 100% accurate in everything he says and statspack analyzer isnt? Not necessarily a good assumption... At the very least, that article is over a year old, and according to the statspack analyzer site, its analysis is continually revised. I have never seen the particular phrasing he quotes, so I suspect it is no longer used in any case. Statspack analyzer is currently very good at identifying the number of soft v. hard parses, which is very important to know. I have used it several times, and found it accurate. On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: You might want to pull an AWR or Statspack report and see what they show. Then you can run it through statspackanalyzer.com<http://statspackanalyzer.com> (you do have to sign up for some email), and it can tell you a lot about your instance. That would be of dubious value. See http://tinyurl.com/2yca7f -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'