Hi, Could you work around the problem by pre-allocating extents to the tables involved? Sorry no detail on how the ST enque works. Regards Pete On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:39 PM, dd yakkali <dd.yakkali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We do a bunch of direct path insert into partitions and also merge loads > into partitioned tables and we are seeing long waits on ST enq. > > 22 node 11.1.0.7 RAC on RHEL5 > > > All the tablespaces are LMT. > > I want to understand how this enque works, could not get a lot of details > other than it is a space transaction enq, usually a problem on Non LMT > tablespaces. > > Any details/info is greatly appreciated. > > > thanks > Deen > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Regards Pete -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l