That's what I said. On 2/3/06, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > -- Regards, Ranko Mosic Contract Senior Oracle DBA Oracle 10g, 9i Certified Database Professional Phone: 416-450-2785 email: mosicr@xxxxxxxxxx http://ca.geocities.com/mosicr@xxxxxxxxxx/ContractSeniorOracleDBARankoMosicMain.html