I think the test cases showed that it does change performance. Can you post your actual test cases with plans and stats? -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:05 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: db_file_multiblock_read_count and performance To those of you who posted test cases with different level of performance based on the DFMRC. Did your query plan change? I know this parameter can affect query plans, but if you are doing a straight full table scan, I did not notice any performance difference with different settings. I only noticed differences if my plan changed.=20 I was looking to test whether it actually increases the pipe to the hard drive.=20 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l