Supposedly, the performance is much better due to alleviating the inode write serialization issue. Does Oracle enforce serialization if Concurrent I/O is turned on? -------------------------------------------- Jeffery D Thomas DBA Thomson Information Services Thomson, Inc. Email: jeff.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx Indy DBA Master Documentation available at: http://gkmqp.tce.com/tis_dba -------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------