jim, I never set log_buffer > 10mb on high oltp system, I set it to 3mb. mostly log file sync is due to frequent commit and "may be" slow io. -- thanks and regards ujang | oracle dba jakarta - indonesia On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 5:04 AM, James Howerton <jhowerton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > DBA's, > > What is you're log_buffer set to??? I have a 2 Tb oltp two node RAC database > on 10.1.0.5 that is showing lots of log file sync waits. My current setting > is 1.5 Mb. Redo log files are 2Gb each. > > > Top 5 Timed Events > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ % Total > Event Waits Time (s) DB Time Wait > Class > ------------------------------ ------------ ----------- --------- > -------------- > log file sync 356,123 113,472 64.41 > Commit > log buffer space 35,114 26,771 15.20 > Configuration > buffer busy waits 21,139 13,489 7.66 > Concurrency > CPU time 7,996 4.54 > gcs drm freeze in enter server 564,623 5,753 3.27 > Other > > TIA > ...JIM... -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l