Check your $ORACLE_HOME/otrace/admin directory. Do you have some rather large *.dat files there? If so, Oracle Trace is turned on. Google for EPC_DISABLED for more info. This was definitely a problem on 7.3 as Oracle Trace was on by default. I can't recall if was still a problem with 8i, but it's worth a look. HTH Jared On 2/3/06, Inessa Weiner <ikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It takes a long time to get connected to our Oracle 8i database. > Once connection got established the performance is OK. However it may > take > few minutes to get connected. > We are in dedicated mode. Any points how to investigate the problem? > > Please help. > Thanks, > Inessa. > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist