Hi Experts, I compared reports of both tests and found that *DB File Parallel Write*simply does not appear in the test which had high undo writes. This is inspite of the workload being exactly the same. Host statistics for both tests show the same amount (wkb/s) of data written. Another observation is that *data blocks consistent reads - undo records applied* is very low in the test with high undo writes wheras it very high in the test with low undo writes. Thanks. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l