True Stig. However that implies that there will be no difference between 9i and 10G and I am seeing a big difference. The only set up I have not got yet is a 9i install and a 10G on the same server with local disk. I am working on that next John -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stig Hornuff Sent: 08 June 2006 10:24 To: Hallas, John, Tech Dev; F.Castillo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: 10G and UFS - long write times As I read your description you are basically comparing I/O writes on SAN disks and local disks. Is that what you are doing on various Oracle versions? If it is, then note: Solaris using local disks (ie. in the very same box as the CPU) will Always perform a write all they way down on disk - verified writes!! If disks are remote/attached Solaris "allows" itself to rely on writes being successfully submittet to the remote I/O-systems (ie. the SAN, T3, whatever....). In simple words: Local disk are waaaaayyyyy slower than SAN and remote disk subsystems. /S ----------------------------------------------- -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l