> > If my best immediate solution is to reduce the size of the SGA and I > > have these values set (I inherited this db so can't address why values > > where changed): > > > shared_pool_size = 300000000 #previous value: 40000000 > > shared_pool_reserved_size = 3000000 #previous value: 2000000 > > log_buffer = 1048576 #previous value: 163840 > > > any idea where I might get the most "bang for the buck"? > > You must monitor for your specific situation... but the biggest > > influence in SGA is db_cache_size. > Researching now, but does this make sense? Manual sez default=48: SQL> show parameter db_cache_size NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ db_cache_size big integer 0 SQL> -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l