John, What version of AIX, including maintenance level. What is your filesystemio_options parameter? What HBAs are you using? Raw, or journaled filesystems? JFS2? How are they mounted? What do you see with iostat? On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:32 PM, John Smith <john40855@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Not that I want to discourage any potential comedians, but I do understand > the concept of idle waits. However, the wait event seems excessive, (its > larger than any other timed event on the system, to include CPU time), which > makes me suspect that there is a problem. > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Baumgartel, Paul < > paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Allen, Brandon < > > Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > If you disabled parallellism, you couldn't get PX wait events. You > > > might want to try with DOP of 1. I'd also verify CIO is being used if you > > > aren't sure. > > > > > > > > > Reminds me of the old Henny Youngman joke: "I went to the doctor. I > > said 'Doc, it hurts when I do this.' He said 'Don't do that.'" > > > > *Paul Baumgartel* > > *CREDIT SUISSE* > > Information Technology > > Prime Services Databases Americas > > One Madison Avenue > > New York, NY 10010 > > USA > > Phone 212.538.1143 > > paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > www.credit-suisse.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *John Smith > > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:29 PM > > *To:* Allen, Brandon; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > *Subject:* Re: perplexing performance on AIX > > > > We really want to be able to use parallel. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > *From:* John Smith [mailto:john40855@xxxxxxxxx] > > > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:57 AM > > > *To:* Allen, Brandon > > > *Subject:* Re: perplexing performance on AIX > > > > > > Yes, we tried decreasing the DOP. Didnt really affect the wait > > > event. I am pretty sure the drives are already mounted w/ CIO. At least > > > they are supposed to be. > > > > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Allen, Brandon < > > > Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Have you tried decreasing the degree of parallelism (or maybe > > > > even disabling it) to see if that helps? Sometimes too muchparallelism > > > > is > > > > a bad thing. > > > > > > > > You might also want to consider using concurrent IO if you're not > > > > already. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Brandon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message > > > > or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your > > > > employer do > > > > not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, > > > > conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to > > > > the > > > > official business of this company shall be understood as neither given > > > > nor > > > > endorsed by it. > > > > > > > > > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message > > > or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer > > > do > > > not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, > > > conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to > > > the > > > official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor > > > endorsed by it. > > > > > > > ============================================================================== > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic > > communications disclaimer: > > http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html > > ============================================================================== > > > > >