On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 11:11, Jared Still wrote: > If you are using statspack, you may want to check there for PGA > memory usage. The query below will show how much memory > is being used at any one time. > > Also, what is the total memory utilization on the machine? Total memory usage on the machine (Windows) is far below physical RAM (about 3/4 physical RAM being used). CPU usage is averaging perhaps 50-60%. The only processes taking up significant amounts of RAM are oracle.exe's, and even adding them with a calculator from the task manager shows they are far under the server capacity (about 1/2 physical RAM). These databases are stored physically on a SAN, one LUN of which has pretty high I/O numbers, but I fail to see how that could affect OS swapping when the OS swaps to a local drive. Running your query results in PGA usage about 3/5 my PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET. I've done virus-scanning, adware checks, etc. Any other advice? Thanks much for answering. Edward Simmonds -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l