Re: Moving to 9i.....

> For some reason, Oracle is doing LOTS more system calls.  I tried
> trussing a couple of the hot server processses, I see lots and lots of
> poll(), pread() and times() sys calls.  Inside the db, this translates
> to lots and lots of latch free on cache buffers chains and library
> cache.  But, I suspect that it's secondary due to the CPU staravtion
> caused by the heavy syscall activity.

Do you have timed_os_statistics enabled? (if statistics_level = all then
timed_os_statistics defaults to true...)

Tanel.


----------------------------------------------------------------
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 http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/
FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Other related posts: