Hmm, this looks intersesting. I have: star_transformation_enabled string FALSE transactions integer 973 transactions_per_rollback_segment integer 5 so if threads = 98 then reserved space could be could reserve up to 12M, but that doesn't explain why I would see a lot of these switches when only ~2M have been put in the logfile, or why this has changed in the last couple weeks (before AWR went nuts last week, I was getting maybe 3 switches a day...and I know that's bad but I can't get damagement to approve smaller logs) -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lewis Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:19 PM To: rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Rapid Log Switching Rich, Thanks - Brain didn't catch up with last post there. John, I recall Tanel Poder making some comments about "private threads" having space reserved in the log file - do you have a very large value for the 'transactions' parameter: which would require a lot of private threads, which possibly might pre-empt a lot of space in the logs then not use it. (10.2, 64Bit - private threads can take 128Kb each, and threads = ceil(transactions / 10) Regards Jonathan Lewis http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com Author: Cost Based Oracle: Fundamentals http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/cbo_book/ind_book.html The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Jesse" <rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:00 PM Subject: Re: Rapid Log Switching > Hey Jonathon, > > I think he's saying the logs switch when they grow to only 2-to-6 Megabytes > -- not every 2-to-6 minutes. In other words, "why aren't the logs filling > before switching?" > > Rich > >> >> >> 20M in 2 to 6 minutes isn't really very much - I assume the >> puzzle is why have things changed. >> -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l