On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:04:28 -0400, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Forgive my confusion. If the full CPU utilization is showing in task > manager, can you not just pull up the tab showing processes, click on the > cpu column, and get a list of processes ordered by CPU consumption rate? My > guess is that should show you what is consuming the time. Mark I *thought* that I'd sent much the same suggestion, but apparently not. You certainly can do that and see what is at the top of the CPU processes list - I do this occasionally. You can also monitor cpu run queue etc using perfmon. Paul - I don't understand your comment that "So this is not stange that each of Oracle thread have max 1/50 of CPU resource (OS overhead not counted)." each thread *when it is executing* will likely get 100% of one of the processors. If Oracle is starved of CPU you will find something else getting most of the CPU in task manager (anti-virus software can be a good candidate). -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------