YES Tanel. ping is also giving a similar increased Timing of about 118 ms under Peak Load. Cheers ________________________________ From: Tanel Poder [mailto:tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:53 AM Does plain Unix ping also experience similar latency increase? ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of VIVEK_SHARMA Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 03:52 To: Tanel Poder; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks V much Tanel for responding, as always. CPU Usage of BOTH DB & APP Servers is about 30 % only at Peak Load when tnsping is giving a Timing of 118 ms. Hence do Not expect any CPU runqueue. **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***