how about checking the datafiles placements. probably it will be a good way to start debugging is by starting with making datafiles offline for some non-system tablespaces and see if it helps. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:26 PM, raja rao <raja4list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One of our test instances, the startup process is taking more time. > > > sga is ~2gb. > > > Total System Global Area 2130706432 bytes > Fixed Size 2031448 bytes > Variable Size 1140850856 bytes > Database Buffers 973078528 bytes > Redo Buffers 14745600 bytes > > especially, the open phase takes long time.(around 10 mins) > instance allocation and mount phase are quick. > > > Can someone help me, how to start research and reduce the time. > > Thanks, > Raj > > >