These are kind of the right words, but in kind of the wrong order :-). Please see "Why you should focus on LIOs instead of PIOs" at www.hotsos.com/e-library for details, including pictures. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Nullius in verba Upcoming events: - Performance <http://www.hotsos.com/training/PD101.html> Diagnosis 101: 3/23 Park City, 4/6 Seattle - Hotsos Symposium 2004 <http://www.hotsos.com/events/symposium/2004> : March 7-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 12:05 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: latching and the buffer cache Does each latch chain have its own latch? Or does the DB_LRU_LATCH_CHAIN paramter determine how many total latches there are in the buffer cache?