Hi I have a server (Windows Server ) with Oracle EE with databases using Data Guard. (Oracle 9iR2) There is an Oracle Listener (1521) and Oracle Data Guard Listener (1748) on a server. If I TNSPING both ports, I get the following results. Port Response Time ---- -------------- 1521 20 ms 1748 1000 ms So I asked Oracle support and the reply - The Data Guard needs to do lots of stuff and 1000 ms is OK. What? That is x50 slower than a normal tnsping to 1521 and they tell me that this is acceptable? What do you think? What times do you get for tnspinging a Data Guard port? (The are no network QoS/packet shaping ) Even doing a loopback tnsping on the same server gives the same result. Here are the outputs: tnsping (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server1dr)(PORT = 1521))) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = DRTEST.world))) 5 TNS Ping Utility for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.2.0.7.0 - Production on 23-FEB-2006 14:46:41 Copyright (c) 1997 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server1dr)(PORT = 1521)))) OK (70 msec) OK (20 msec) OK (20 msec) OK (10 msec) OK (20 msec) tnsping (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server1dr)(PORT = 1748)))) 5 TNS Ping Utility for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.2.0.7.0 - Production on 23-FEB-2006 14:46:49 Copyright (c) 1997 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = server1dr)(PORT = 1748)))) OK (440 msec) OK (1000 msec) OK (1000 msec) OK (1000 msec) OK (1000 msec)