Hey Owen, Based on his presentation and the TOC, Rich Niemiec's perf tuning book should examine the AWR report: http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0072263059 You may be able to view his tuning presentation (>90 minutes) at: http://www.tusc.com/oracle/download/author_niemiecr.html HTH! GL! Rich > Related question: > > Where might I find examples of Performance Tuning "Experts" analyzing an AWR > report? > > -Owen -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l