Hi Refer to this post: http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/manly-men-only-use-solid-state-disk-for-redo-logging-lgwr-io-is-simple-but-not-lgwr-processing/ Regards Timur Akhmadeev -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hameed, Amir Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 23:56 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: log file sync Hi all, My AWR report shows 'log file sync' among the top five events. When I look at the 'Foreground Wait Events', I see the following: Avg %Time Total Wait wait Waits % DB Event Waits -outs Time (s) (ms) /txn time -------------------------- ------------ ----- ---------- ------- -------- ------ log file sync 166,765 0 3,575 21 1.1 3.3 The 'Background Wait Events' section shows the following for 'log file sync' and 'log file parallel write': Avg %Time Total Wait wait Waits % DB Event Waits -outs Time (s) (ms) /txn time -------------------------- ------------ ----- ---------- ------- -------- ------ log file sync 56 0 1 11 0.0 .0 log file parallel write 221,159 0 1 0 1.4 .0 My question is that if the LGWR is not waiting for the 'log file parallel write' during synchronous writes (avg. wait time=0) then why is the average wait time of 'log file sync' event for the foreground and background processes (DBWR, LMS etc.) is high? Thanks Amir -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ________________________________ The information transmitted herein is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l