That is rarely above 10ms. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I have seen as small as 2 ms, rarely about 10 ms. Did you check and see if > the DBFMBRC might be set too high? > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Daniel Fink > <daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> In a recent optimization effort, I found what I think are high physical >> read times. For example, a single block read was averaging 11 milliseconds >> with a max of over 1 second (tkprof output). For this session, single block >> reads consumed over 80% of the response time, so this is of concern. >> >> We are running Oracle 10gr1 on AIX with an IBM storage array (shared >> amongst many servers). I suspect there is some optimization that can be done >> at the storage array level. If 11 milliseconds is well above average, this >> will help in engaging that team in the process. >> >> For those of you running statspack. AWR or other monitoring tools, what >> are the average single block read times you are encountering on a good >> system? If you are running on an IBM storage array, have you found any >> specific issues/fixes? >> >> Regards, >> Daniel Fink >> >> -- >> Daniel Fink >> >> OptimalDBA.com - Oracle Performance, Diagnosis, Data Recovery and Training >> >> OptimalDBA http://www.optimaldba.com >> Oracle Blog http://optimaldba.blogspot.com >> >> Lost Data? http://www.ora600.be/ >> >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> >> > > > -- > Andrew W. Kerber > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'