I don't want to flush the buffer cache but need to verify disk IO speeds on 3 servers in my rac cluster. According to DBA_HIST_SQLSTAT, the elapsed times for some queries are significantly slower on one of the 3 nodes. I've done a cursory glance at slob and it seems a bit complicated for what I want to do here *if* there is an option to force physical reads and bypass the buffer cache. Chris Taylor Oracle DBA Parallon IT&S -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l